What makes memory constructive? A study in the serial reproduction of Bartlett’s experiments

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 186-207

  Wagoner, Brady ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bartlett; Constructive memory; distortion; experimental replication; Gestalt psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019861845     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X17695759     Document Type: Article

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