Recollections of true and false autobiographical memories.

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Recollections of true and false autobiographical memories. / Conway, M. A.; Collins, A. F.; Gathercole, S. E. et al.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Vol. 125, No. 1, 1996, p. 69-95.

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Harvard

Conway, MA, Collins, AF, Gathercole, SE & Anderson, SJ 1996, 'Recollections of true and false autobiographical memories.', Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, vol. 125, no. 1, pp. 69-95.

APA

Conway, M. A., Collins, A. F., Gathercole, S. E., & Anderson, S. J. (1996). Recollections of true and false autobiographical memories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 125(1), 69-95.

Vancouver

Conway MA, Collins AF, Gathercole SE, Anderson SJ. Recollections of true and false autobiographical memories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 1996;125(1):69-95.

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Conway, M. A. ; Collins, A. F. ; Gathercole, S. E. et al. / Recollections of true and false autobiographical memories. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 1996 ; Vol. 125, No. 1. pp. 69-95.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Two diarists recorded true and false events and thoughts over a period of 5 months. In recognition tests taken 7 months later, they discriminated between true and false diary entries and judged their state of memory awareness as recollective experience, feeling of familiarity, or no distinct state of awareness. Correct recognition rates for true events and thoughts were high. Events were associated with recollective experience and thoughts with feelings of familiarity. Incorrect recognition was higher for thoughts than events. False memories were associated with familiarity or no distinct state of awareness. For correct memories of events only, factors influencing encoding (importance, consequentiality, etc.) interacted with state of memory awareness at retrieval. The quality of phenomenal experience, based on the associations between encoding and retrieval, may be critical in leading a remeberer to accept a memory as true.",

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