Third party observers: Why all the fuss?

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-15

  McCaffrey, Robert J ^a,b   Lynch, Julie K ^b   Yantz, Christine L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Albany Psychological Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic; Social facilitation; Standardized test administration; Third party observer

Indexed keywords

LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27144522151     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v04n02_01     Document Type: Review

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