Memory and the Moses illusion: Failures to detect contradictions with stored knowledge yield negative memorial consequences

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 670-678

  Bottoms, Hayden C ^a   Eslick, Andrea N ^b   Marsh, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; Moses illusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BIBLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955600886     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.501558     Document Type: Article

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