Serial position-dependent false memory effects

• Published in: Memory (Hove) Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 397 - 409
• Main Authors: Dimsdale-Zucker, Halle R., Flegal, Kristin E., Atkins, Alexandra S., Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 16.03.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Confabulation; False memory; Female; Fuzzy Trace Theory; Humans; Long term memory; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Mental Recall - physiology; Recognition, Psychology; Semantics; serial position effects; Short term; Short term memory; Young Adult; Fuzzy Trace Theory; serial position effects; False memory

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