Relative - not absolute - judgments of credibility affect susceptibility to misinformation conveyed during discussion

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-128

  French, Lauren ^c   Garry, Maryanne ^a   Mori, Kazuo ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2300; 2340; 2343; 3040; Memory conformity; Meta memory; Misinformation; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RECOGNITION;

COMMUNICATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650819072     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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