Children's metacognitive judgments in an eyewitness identification task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 286-314

  Keast, Amber ^a   Brewer, Neil ^a   Wells, Gary L ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Confidence accuracy calibration; Eyewitness identification; Hypothesis disconfirmation; Metacognitive judgments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447278374     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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