Reading is believing: The truth effect and source credibility

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1705-1721

  Henkel, Linda A ^a   Mattson, Mark E ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General knowledge; Processing fluency; Source credibility; Source monitoring; Truth effect; Truth judgments

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; READING; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054862043     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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