Working memory and the memory distortion component of hindsight bias

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 891-898

  Calvillo, Dustin P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual processes; Hindsight bias; Memory distortion; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871014208     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.706309     Document Type: Article

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