Enhancing older adult eyewitness memory with the cognitive interview

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 403-417

  Mello, Eileen W ^a   Fisher, Ronald P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001475353     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199610)10:5<403::AID-ACP395>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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