Would reading an account of an event refresh your memory?

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 769-776

  Magner, Eilis S ^a,b   Markham, Roslyn ^a   Barnett, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THEFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); THEFT;

EID: 85047671101     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.81.6.769     Document Type: Article

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