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It Took Me by Surprise: Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events

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It Took Me by Surprise: Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events. / Congleton, Adam R.; Berntsen, Dorthe.
In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2020, p. 300-309.

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Harvard

Congleton, AR & Berntsen, D 2020, 'It Took Me by Surprise: Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 300-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.03.003

APA

Congleton, A. R., & Berntsen, D. (2020). It Took Me by Surprise: Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 9(3), 300-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.03.003

CBE

Congleton AR, Berntsen D. 2020. It Took Me by Surprise: Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 9(3):300-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.03.003

MLA

Congleton, Adam R. and Dorthe Berntsen. "It Took Me by Surprise: Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events". Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2020, 9(3). 300-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.03.003

Vancouver

Congleton AR, Berntsen D. It Took Me by Surprise: Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2020;9(3):300-309. Epub 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.03.003

Author

Congleton, Adam R. ; Berntsen, Dorthe. / It Took Me by Surprise : Examining the Retroactive Enhancement Effect for Memory of Naturally Unfolding Events. In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2020 ; Vol. 9, No. 3. pp. 300-309.

Bibtex

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