Children's truthful and deceptive testimonies: How camera perspective affects adult observers' perception and assessment

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 381-396

  Landström, Sara ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Camera focus; Camera perspective; Camera shot; Children's testimony; Deception detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349102687     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160701580107     Document Type: Article

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