Imagery encoding effects on memory in the DRM paradigm: A test of competing predictions

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 828-848

  Foley, Mary Ann ^a   Hughes, Katherine ^a   Librot, Hannah ^a   Paysnick, Amy ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MONITORING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70350294636     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1516     Document Type: Article

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