Testing improves true recall and protects against the build-up of proactive interference without increasing false recall

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-154

  Nunes, Ludmila D ^a,b   Weinstein, Yana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; False recall; Proactive interference; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856893459     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2011.648198     Document Type: Article

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