Remembering in Contradictory Minds: Disjunction Fallacies in Episodic Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 711-735

  Brainerd, C J ^a   Reyna, V F ^a   Aydin, C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

Author keywords

description dependency; disjunction fallacies; fuzzy trace theory; memory distortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77953163441     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018995     Document Type: Article

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