Wiping out memories: New support for a mental context change account of directed forgetting

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 763-773

  Mulji, Rehman ^a   Bodner, Glen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context effects; Directed forgetting; List method; Memory; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; READING; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957239072     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.510475     Document Type: Article

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