Interviewer feedback in repeated interviews involving forced confabulation

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-455

  Hanba, Jessica M ^a   Zaragoza, Maria S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; SELF ESTEEM; WITNESS;

EID: 34248353974     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1286     Document Type: Article

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