The suggestibility of children's memory for being touched: Planting, erasing, and changing memories

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-106

  Pezdek, Kathy ^a   Roe, Chantal ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; RELIABILITY; WITNESS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUGGESTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0031059646     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024870127516     Document Type: Article

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