Estimating the impact of estimator variables on eyewitness identification: A fruitful marriage of practical problem solving and psychological theorizing

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 815-826

  Deffenbacher, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; CRIMINOLOGY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXPERT WITNESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSCIENCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIST; RELIABILITY;

EID: 53849089648     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1485     Document Type: Article

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