Eyewitness memory for a simulated misdemeanor crime: The role of age and temperament in suggestibility

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-289

  Shapiro, Lauren R ^a   Blackford, Cheryl ^a   Chen, Chiung Fen ^a  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUGGESTION; TEMPERAMENT; VICTIM; VISUAL STIMULATION; WITNESS;

EID: 17144383973     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1089     Document Type: Article

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