Matching Faces to Photographs: Poor Performance in Eyewitness Memory (Without the Memory)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-372

  Megreya, Ahmed M ^a   Burton, A Mike ^b  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eyewitness memory; face recognition; matching unfamiliar faces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 58249138009     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013464     Document Type: Article

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