Retrieval failure contributes to gist-based false recognition

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-78

  Guerin, Scott A ^a   Robbins, Clifford A ^a   Gilmore, Adrian W ^b   Schacter, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; False recognition; Gist; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955160815     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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