Common (Mis)Beliefs about Memory: A Replication and Comparison of Telephone and Mechanical Turk Survey Methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Simons, Daniel J ^a   Chabris, Christopher F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEMORY; SAMPLING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871259397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051876     Document Type: Article

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