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Dividing Attention Lowers Children's but Increases Adults' False Memories

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Dividing Attention Lowers Children's but Increases Adults' False Memories. / Otgaar, Henry; Peters, Maarten; Howe, Mark L.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol. 38, No. 1, 01.2012, p. 204-210.

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Otgaar, H, Peters, M & Howe, ML 2012, 'Dividing Attention Lowers Children's but Increases Adults' False Memories', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 204-210. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025160

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Otgaar, H., Peters, M., & Howe, M. L. (2012). Dividing Attention Lowers Children's but Increases Adults' False Memories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(1), 204-210. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025160

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Otgaar H, Peters M, Howe ML. Dividing Attention Lowers Children's but Increases Adults' False Memories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2012 Jan;38(1):204-210. doi: 10.1037/a0025160

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Otgaar, Henry ; Peters, Maarten ; Howe, Mark L. / Dividing Attention Lowers Children's but Increases Adults' False Memories. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2012 ; Vol. 38, No. 1. pp. 204-210.

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