Reminders and Repetition of Misinformation: Helping or Hindering Its Retraction?

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 185-192

  Ecker, Ullrich K H ^a   Hogan, Joshua L ^a   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continued influence effect; Familiarity; Misinformation; Myth debunking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015401315     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2017.01.014     Document Type: Article

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