Do differences in event descriptions cause differences in duration estimates?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 769-783

  Pedersen, Alice C I ^a   Wright, Daniel B ^b  

^a Institute of Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITNESS; WRITING;

EID: 0242504228     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.827     Document Type: Article

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