Some memories are odder than others: Judgments of episodic oddity violate known decision rules

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-315

  O'Connor, Akira R ^a   Guhl, Emily N ^b   Cox, Justin C ^c   Dobbins, Ian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive models; Episodic memory; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953187950     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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