How Cognitive Resources Alter our Perception of the Past: Ego Depletion Enhances the Susceptibility to Suggestion

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-163

  Otgaar, Henry ^a   Alberts, Hugo ^a   Cuppens, Lesly ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84856014531     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1810     Document Type: Article

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