False recall in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm: The roles of gist and associative strength

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1515-1542

  Cann, David R ^a   Mcrae, Ken ^b   Katz, Albert N ^b  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation monitoring theory; False memories; Fuzzy trace theory; Gist; Situation knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79961087160     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.560272     Document Type: Article

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