Appearing credible? Swearing helps!

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Rassin, Eric ^a,b   Van Heijden, Simone Der ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Believability; Credibility; Swearwords; Testimonies

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444501066     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106831605160512331329952     Document Type: Article

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