The effects of a computerised interview on children's recall of an event

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 747-761

  Donohue, A ^a   Powell, M B ^a   Wilson, J C ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Computerised interview; Event; Recall

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; COMPUTERIZED INTERVIEW; EVENT; RECALL;

ANIMATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EID: 0033327036     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(99)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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