Testing the efficacy of the cognitive interview in a developing country

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 597-605

  Stein, Lilian Milnitsky ^a   Memon, Amina ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYEE; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIDEOTAPE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WITNESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33746149954     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1211     Document Type: Article

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