Why do doctored images distort memory?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 773-780

  Nash, Robert A ^a   Wade, Kimberley A ^a   Brewer, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical belief; Doctored images; Fabricated evidence; False memory; Familiarity; Metacognition; Source monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUGGESTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249212241     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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