False memories for suggestions: The impact of conceptual elaboration

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-31

  Zaragoza, Maria S ^a   Mitchell, Karen J ^b   Payment, Kristie ^c   Drivdahl, Sarah ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual elaboration; Eyewitness memory; False memory; Reflective elaboration; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349313131     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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