A synchronization account of false recognition

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 486-518

  Johns, Brendan T ^a   Jones, Michael N ^a   Mewhort, Douglas J K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational model; False memory; Recognition; Semantic models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84865552395     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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