Is that what I said?: Witnesses' responses to interviewer modifications

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 583-603

  Hunt, Jennifer S ^a,b   Borgida, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035653607     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012754207074     Document Type: Article

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