Children's Eyewitness Suggestibility: Memory Trace Strength Revisited

Cognitive Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 443-462

  Holliday, Robyn E ^a   Douglas, Karen M ^b   Hayes, Brett K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001758532     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(99)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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