Developmental patterns of eyewitness responses to repeated and increasingly suggestive questions

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-133

  Cassel, William S ^b   Roebers, Claudia E M ^c   Bjorklund, David F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030537333     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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