Paradoxical Effects of Testing: Retrieval Enhances Both Accurate Recall and Suggestibility in Eyewitnesses

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 248-255

  Chan, Jason C K ^a   Langley, Moses M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay; Eyewitness memory; Misinformation effect; Misleading information; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; SUGGESTION; UNIVERSITY;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; SUGGESTION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79251497666     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021204     Document Type: Article

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