The Discrepancy-Attribution Hypothesis: I. The Heurisrtic Basis of Feelings of Familiarity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-13

  Whittlesea, Bruce W A ^a   Williams, Lisa D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DEJA VU; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; CUES; DEJA VU; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSIC; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85047684967     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.1.3     Document Type: Article

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