Collaborative memory: Cognitive research and theory

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-663

  Rajaram, Suparna ^a   Pereira Pasarin, Luciane P ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALDWELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking and forgetting; Collaborative memory; Collective memory; Error pruning; Reexposure benefits; Retrieval disruption; Social contagion errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955434521     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610388763     Document Type: Review

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