Distorted Retrospective Eyewitness Reports as Functions of Feedback and Delay

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-52

  Wells, Gary L ^a   Olspn, Elizabeth A ^a   Charman, Steve D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CRIME; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEMORY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ATTENTION; CRIME; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MEMORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038321785     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.1.42     Document Type: Review

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