Children's implanted false memories and additional script knowledge

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 709-715

  Otgaar, Henry ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Peters, Maarten ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84866456750     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2849     Document Type: Article

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