Research strategy in the study of memory: Fads, fallacies, and the search for the "coordinates of truth"

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-271

  Hintzman, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Memory judgments; Parsimony; Reminding

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051807566     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611406924     Document Type: Article

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