Typicality effects on memory for voice: Implications for earwitness testimony

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Mullennix, J W ^a   Ross, A ^b   Smith, C ^c   Kuykendall, K ^d   Conard, J ^a   Barb, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology and Social Sciences at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CONFUSION; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOICE; VOICE TYPICALITY; WITNESS;

EID: 78651462325     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1635     Document Type: Article

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