Response latency as a predictor of the accuracy of children's reports

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-417

  Ackerman, Rakefet ^a   Koriat, Asher ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children as witnesses; Confidence accuracy relationship; Metacognitive development; Response latency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84855337263     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025129     Document Type: Article

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