Trust in testimony: Children's use of true and false statements

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 694-698

  Koenig, Melissa A ^a,b   Clément, Fabrice ^a   Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRUST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRUST;

EID: 7444269929     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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