False Memory Propensity in People Reporting Recovered Memories of Past Lives

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-404

  Meyersburg, Cynthia A ^a   Bogdan, Ryan ^a   Gallo, David A ^b   McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Deese Roediger McDermott (DRM) paradigm; false memory; past lives; recovered memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAGIC; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 65649118566     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015371     Document Type: Article

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