Effects of Reiteration, Hindsight Bias, and Memory on Realism in Eyewitness Confidence

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 397-420

  Granhag, Pär Anders ^a   Strömwall, Leif A ^a   Allwood, Carl Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0347874157     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0720(200009)14:5<397::AID-ACP658>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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