Can fabricated evidence induce false eyewitness testimony?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 899-908

  Wade, Kimberley A ^a   Green, Sarah L ^a   Nash, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

EID: 78149372867     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1607     Document Type: Article

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