Correcting false memories: Errors must be noticed and replaced

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 403-412

  Mullet, Hillary G ^a   Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error correction; False memories; Feedback

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947423981     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-015-0571-x     Document Type: Article

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