The effect of contextual cues on children's ability to remember an occurrence of a repeated event

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-50

  Pearse, Sarah L ^a   Powell, Martine B ^a   Thomson, Donald M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

EID: 0037331253     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532503762871228     Document Type: Article

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