Repeated recall, retention interval and the accuracy-confidence relation in eyewitness memory

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 973-985

  Odinot, Geralda ^a   Wolters, Gezinus ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

EID: 33751041372     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1263     Document Type: Article

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