The development of automatic and controlled inhibitory retrieval processes in true and false recall

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-108

  Knott, Lauren M ^a   Howe, Mark L ^a   Wimmer, Marina C ^a   Dewhurst, Stephen A ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative activation theory; Automaticity; Directed forgetting; DRM paradigm; False memory development; Retrieval inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952185275     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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