Remembering Makes Evidence Compelling: Retrieval From Memory Can Give Rise to the Illusion of Truth

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 270-276

  Ozubko, Jason D ^a   Fugelsang, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Fluency; Inferences; Memory retrieval; Repetition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; UNIVERSITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79251511187     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021323     Document Type: Article

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