The south beach study: Bystanders' memories are more malleable

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-566

  Carlucci, Marianna E ^a   Kieckhaefer, Jenna M ^a   Schwartz, Shari L ^a   Villalba, Daniella K ^a   Wright, Daniel B ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WITNESS;

EID: 79960712595     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1720     Document Type: Article

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