Do people's motives influence their susceptibility to imagination inflation?

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-82

  Sharman, Stefanie J ^a,b   Calacouris, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; False beliefs; False memories; Motives

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; RECALL;

ACHIEVEMENT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; REPRESSION;

EID: 77649114850     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000010     Document Type: Article

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