Over a Decade of Research on Children's Eyewitness Testimony: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go from Here?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages

  Goodman, Gail S ^a   Schaaf, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039473661     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199712)11:73.3.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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