He did it! She did it! No, she did not! Multiple causal explanations and the continued influence of misinformation

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-115

  Ecker, Ullrich K H ^a   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a,b   Cheung, Candy S C ^a   Maybery, Murray T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continued influence effect; Memory updating; Mental model theory; Post event misinformation; Temporal distinctiveness theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942324360     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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