Accuracy of recall among "eyewitnesses" to a simulated robbery: Intrapersonal and stimulus determinants

Current Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-264

  Butler, Melanie A ^a   Pallone, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036768138     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-002-1017-8     Document Type: Article

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