Can false memories prime problem solutions?

Cognition

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-181

  Howe, Mark L ^a   Garner, Sarah R ^a   Dewhurst, Stephen A ^a   Ball, Linden J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; False memory; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COGNITION; FALSE MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77957676274     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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