From Conversations to Digital Communication: The Mnemonic Consequences of Consuming and Producing Information via Social Media

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 774-793

  Stone, Charles B ^a,b   Wang, Qi ^c  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

False information; Memory; Personal information; Public information; Retrieval induced forgetting; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85050482864     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12369     Document Type: Article

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