Innocent but proven guilty: Eliciting internalized false confessions using doctored-video evidence

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 624-637

  Nash, Robert A ^a   Wade, Kimberley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION CAMERA;

EID: 67649578896     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1500     Document Type: Article

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