Is There Touch in the Game of Twister®? The Effects of Innocuous Touch and Suggestive Questions on Children's Eyewitness Memory

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-604

  Krackow, Elisa ^a   Lynn, Steven Jay ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Preschoolers; Questioning; Sexual abuse; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GAME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SUGGESTION; TOUCH; WITNESS;

CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUGGESTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0347525795     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAHU.0000004888.52210.35     Document Type: Review

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