Recognition of previous eyewitness testimony from an altered interrogation protocol: Potential effects of distortions

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-589

  Christianson, Sven Å ^a   Engelberg, Elisabeth ^b   Gustafson, Åsa ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eyewitness testimony; Interrogation; Protocol presentation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049005774     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160601095230     Document Type: Article

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