The negative effect of cross-examination style questioning on children's accuracy: Older children are not immune

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-16

  Zajac, Rachel ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WITNESS;

EID: 32344441682     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1169     Document Type: Article

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