Positive and Negative Effects of Monitoring Popular Films for Historical Inaccuracies

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-567

  Umanath, Sharda ^a   Butler, Andrew C ^a   Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THINKING; ERROR; FILM; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84864022486     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2827     Document Type: Article

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