Repeated Testing in Eyewitness Memory: A Means to Improve Recall of a Negative Emotional Event

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-131

  Bornstein, Brian H ^a   Liebel, Lesley M ^a   Scarberry, Nikki C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000229861     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199804)12:2<119::AID-ACP500>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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