When forced fabrications become truth: Causal explanations and false memory development

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 827-844

  Chrobak, Quin M ^a   Zaragoza, Maria S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal processing; Eyewitness memory; False memory; Source monitoring; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; READING; SUGGESTION;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; READING; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SUGGESTION;

EID: 84888024001     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030093     Document Type: Article

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