Susceptibility to postidentification feedback is affected by source credibility

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 506-523

  Skagerberg, Elin M ^a   Wright, Daniel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

EID: 67651236404     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1470     Document Type: Article

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