'Good, you identified the suspect... But please ignore this feedback': Can warnings eliminate the effects of post-identification feedback?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1037-1056

  Lampinen, James Michael ^a   Scott, Jennifer ^a   Pratt, Deanna ^a   Leding, Juliana K ^a   Arnal, Jack D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

EID: 37349035833     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1313     Document Type: Article

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