The effect of nonprobative photographs on truthiness persists over time

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 207-211

  Fenn, Elise ^a   Newman, Eryn J ^b   Pezdek, Kathy ^a   Garry, Maryanne ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive fluency; Memory; Relative judgments

Indexed keywords

2340 COGNITIVE PROCESSES; 2343 LEARNING AND MEMORY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE FLUENCY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RELATIVE JUDGMENTS; TIME;

2340 COGNITIVE PROCESSES; 2343 LEARNING AND MEMORY; COGNITIVE FLUENCY; MEMORY; RELATIVE JUDGMENTS;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880661067     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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