Memory conformity for confidently recognized items: The power of social influence on memory reports

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 783-786

  Horry, Ruth ^a   Palmer, Matthew A ^a,b   Sexton, Michelle L ^a   Brewer, Neil ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confidence; Face recognition; In group bias; Memory conformity; Own race bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858070046     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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