Use of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to assess eyewitness accuracy and deception

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-225

  Lefebvre, C D ^a,b   Marchand, Y ^b,c   Smith, S M ^b,d   Connolly, J F ^e  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deception; ERP; Eyewitness; Forensic; P300; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WAVEFORM; WITNESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CRIME; DECEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 67651036576     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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