Multiple Confidence Estimates as Indices of Eyewitness Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 528-547

  Sauer, James D ^a   Brewer, Neil ^a   Weber, Nathan ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

confidence; confidence accuracy; eyewitness memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51449104843     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012712     Document Type: Article

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