Third party observers: The effect size is greater than you might think

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 49-64

  Gavett, Brandon E ^a   Lynch, Julie K ^b   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Albany Psychological Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Social facilitation; Third party observer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 27144485042     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v04n02_05     Document Type: Article

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