Spinoza's error: Memory for truth and falsity

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-186

  Nadarevic, Lena ^a   Erdfelder, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falsity; Memory representation; Multinomial modeling; Source memory; Truth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873271501     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0251-z     Document Type: Article

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