Collaboration both hurts and helps memory: A cognitive perspective

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Rajaram, Suparna ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative encoding deficit; collaborative inhibition; collective memory; error pruning; postcollaborative memory; re exposure gains; social contagion errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959327275     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411403251     Document Type: Article

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