A meta-analytic review of the effects of high stress on eyewitness memory

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 687-706

  Deffenbacher, Kenneth A ^a   Bornstein, Brian H ^b   Penrod, Steven D ^c   McGorty, E Kiernan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; High and low stress; Meta analytic

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CRIME; HUMAN; MEMORY; PUBLICATION; RECALL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STRESS; WITNESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIMINOLOGY; FACE; JURISPRUDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FACE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 15744397569     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-004-0565-x     Document Type: Review

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