Associative relatedness enhances recall and produces false memories in immediate serial recall

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-272

  Tehan, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative relatedness; False memories; Immediate serial recall; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79951804618     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021375     Document Type: Article

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