Co-witness information can have immediate effects on eyewitness memory reports

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 503-523

  Shaw III, John S ^a,b   Garven, Sena ^a   Wood, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WITNESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; TEXAS;

EID: 0030729531     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024875723399     Document Type: Article

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