Pilgrims sailing the Titanic: Plausibility effects on memory for misinformation

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305-324

  Hinze, Scott R ^a,b   Slaten, Daniel G ^a   Horton, William S ^a   Jenkins, Ryan ^a   Rapp, David N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; Memory; Text processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; READING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893522991     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0359-9     Document Type: Article

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