Forced confabulation more strongly influences event memory if suggestions are other-generated than self-generated

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-252

  Pezdek, Kathy ^a   Lam, Shirley T ^a   Sperry, Kathryn ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL MEMORY; WITNESS;

EID: 71549126566     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532508X344773     Document Type: Article

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