An analogue study of the effects of Psychological Debriefing on eyewitness memory

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1245-1254

  Devilly, Grant J ^a   Varker, Tracey ^a   Hansen, Karen ^a   Gist, Richard ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Missouri Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Central and peripheral memory; Group debriefing; Memory confidence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RECALL; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUGGESTION; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247140235     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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