Reevaluating the potency of the memory conformity effect

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1069-1076

  Bodner, Glen E ^a   Musch, Elisabeth ^a   Azad, Tanjeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; MONITORING; READING; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SUGGESTION; THEFT; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 72449157074     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.8.1069     Document Type: Article

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