Eyewitness identification accuracy and response latency: The unruly 10-12-second rule

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-147

  Weber, Nathan ^a   Brewer, Neil ^a   Wells, Gary L ^b,c   Semmler, Carolyn ^a   Keast, Amber ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

CRIME; DECISION MAKING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 4644258340     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.10.3.139     Document Type: Article

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