The effect of post-identification feedback on the recall of crime and perpetrator details

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 935-951

  Dixon, Susan ^a   Memon, Amina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

EID: 28644431603     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1132     Document Type: Article

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