Show-ups: The critical issue of clothing bias

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1009-1023

  Dysart, Jennifer E ^a   Lindsay, R C L ^b   Dupuis, Paul R ^c  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RED DEER COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; EXTERNAL BIAS; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; WITNESS;

EID: 33845623702     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1241     Document Type: Article

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