Children’s susceptibility to repeated questions: How misinformation changes children’s answers and their minds

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-111

  Bjorklund, David F ^a   Bjorklund, Barbara R ^a   Brown, Rhonda Douglas ^a   Cassel, William S ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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EID: 0002059101     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads0202_4     Document Type: Article

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