Individual and developmental differences in eyewitness recall and suggestibility in children with intellectual disabilities

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-381

  Henry, Lucy A ^a   Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WITNESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34047254546     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1280     Document Type: Article

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