Theoretical and forensic implications of developmental studies of the DRM illusion

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-380

  Brainerd, C J ^a   Reyna, V F ^a   Zember, E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's false memory; Developmental reversals; Forensic memory; Fuzzy trace theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIMINAL LAW; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960030960     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-010-0043-2     Document Type: Article

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