Eyewitness decisions in simultaneous and sequential lineups: A dual-process signal detection theory analysis

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 783-792

  Meissner, Christian A ^a,d   Tredoux, Colin G ^b   Parker, Janat F ^a   MacLin, Otto H ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WITNESS; ADULT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33644876968     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193074     Document Type: Article

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