The costs and benefits of memory conformity

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-112

  Jaeger, Antonio ^a   Lauris, Paula ^a   Selmeczy, Diana ^a   Dobbins, Ian G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cueing; Memory; Memory conformity; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555170792     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0130-z     Document Type: Article

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