Enhancing the recall of young, young-old and old-old adults with cognitive interviews

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-43

  Wright, Allison M ^a   Holliday, Robyn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WITNESS;

EID: 33846392709     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1260     Document Type: Article

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