Children's recall and the cognitive interview: Do the positive effects hold over time?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-214

  Larsson, Anneli S ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^a   Spjut, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

EID: 0842277841     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.863     Document Type: Article

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