The confidence-accuracy relationship in eyewitness identification: The effects of reflection and disconfirmation on correlation and calibration

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-56

  Brewer, Neil ^a   Keast, Amber ^a   Rishworth, Amanda ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036515398     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.8.1.44     Document Type: Article

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