When do we confuse self and other in action memory? Reduced false memories of self-performance after observing actions by an out-group vs. In-group actor

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Lindner, Isabel ^a   Schain, Cécile ^b   Kopietz, René ^b   Echterhoff, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action memory; False memory; Group membership; Motor simulation; Perceptual distinctiveness; Self other confusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870860922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00467     Document Type: Article

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