Nonprobative photographs (or words) inflate truthiness

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 969-974

  Newman, Eryn J ^a   Garry, Maryanne ^a   Bernstein, Daniel M ^b   Kantner, Justin ^c   Lindsay, D Stephen ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive fluency; Memory; Relative judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866768193     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0292-0     Document Type: Article

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