The development of automatic associative processes and children's false memories

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-465

  Wimmer, Marina C ^a   Howe, Mark L ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative activation theory; Automatic processes; DRM paradigm; False memory development; Implicit associative responses; Source monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TIME;

ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349453921     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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