Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification is significantly associated with performance on a standardized test of face recognition

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-223

  Morgan III, Charles A ^a   Hazlett, Gary ^b   Baranoski, Madelon ^a   Doran, Anthony ^c   Southwick, Steven ^a   Loftus, Elizabeth ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JFK Special Warfare Training Center and School   (United States)

^c FASOTRAGRULANT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; VISUAL MEMORY; WITNESS;

ADULT; FACE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBSERVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247587705     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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