Are Two Heads Better Than One? Peer Support and Children's Eyewitness Reports

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 461-483

  Greenstock, Jemma ^a   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0242359275     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199712)11:6<461::AID-ACP473>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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