Recalling a witnessed event increases eyewitness suggestibility: The reversed testing effect

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-73

  Chan, Jason C K ^a,b   Thomas, Ayanna K ^c   Bulevich, John B ^d  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUGGESTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CRIME; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUGGESTION; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149310742     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02245.x     Document Type: Article

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