The Impact of Misleading Questions on Eyewitness Memory in Children and Adults

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 509-526

  Roebers, Claudia M ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000169790     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0720(200011/12)14:6<509::AID-ACP668>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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