Retention Interval and Eyewitness Memory for Events and Personal Identifying Attributes

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 745-762

  Ebbesen, Ebbe B ^a   Rienick, Cynthia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032184922     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.5.745     Document Type: Article

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