When initial interviews are delayed a year: Effect on children's 2-year recall

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 527-541

  Peterson, Carole ^a,b   Pardy, Lisa ^a   Tizzard Drover, Tracy ^a   Warren, Kelly L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Psychology Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; Interview timing; Long term memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; WITNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644840695     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-6833-6     Document Type: Article

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