Forced confabulation affects memory sensitivity as well as response bias

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-134

  Gombos, Victor ^a   Pezdek, Kathy ^a   Haymond, Kelly ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; False memory; Forced confabulation; Memory; Memory suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CRIME; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555209296     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0129-5     Document Type: Article

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