Putting congeniality effects into context: Investigating the role of context in attitude memory using multiple paradigms

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 717-730

  Waldum, Emily R ^a   Sahakyan, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude memory; Congeniality effect; Context strength; Directed forgetting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862244754     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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