Eyewitness memory: Balancing the accuracy, precision and quantity of information through metacognitive monitoring and control

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-508

  Evans, Jacqueline R ^a   Fisher, Ronald P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WITNESS;

EID: 79956194623     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1722     Document Type: Article

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