Effects of social-comparative memory feedback on eyewitnesses' identification confidence, suggestibility, and retrospective memory reports

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-220

  Leippe, Michael R ^a   Eisenstadt, Donna ^a   Rauch, Shannon M ^a   Stambush, Mark A ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750305703     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2803_1     Document Type: Article

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