Eyewitness memory and suggestibility in children with mental retardation

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 491-508

  Henry, Lucy A ^a   Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SUGGESTION; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; SUGGESTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033220256     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0491:EMASIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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