A preidentification questioning effect: Serendipitously increasing correct rejections

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-165

  Dysart, Jennifer E ^a   Lindsay, R C L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ONTARIO; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035319716     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005693330921     Document Type: Article

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