Dissociating Automatic and Intentional Processes in Children's Eyewitness Memory

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-42

  Holliday, Robyn E ^a   Hayes, Brett K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's memory; Eyewitness testimony; Process dissociation procedure

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SUGGESTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0033630855     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2521     Document Type: Article

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