Response bias in recognition memory as a cognitive trait

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1163-1177

  Kantner, Justin ^a,b   Lindsay, D Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Memory; Recognition memory; Response bias; Trait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870563706     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0226-0     Document Type: Article

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