Reconceptualizing children's suggestibility: Bidirectional and temporal properties

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-53

  Gilstrap, Livia L ^a,c,d   Ceci, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 14844316009     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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