Can warning harm memory? The impact of warning on eyewitness testimony

Problems of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue , 2011, Pages 140-150

  Szpitalak, Malwina ^a   Polczyk, Romuald ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eyewitness testimony; Memory; Misinformation effect; Warning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; RECORDING; WARNING; WITNESS;

EID: 84856481621     PISSN: 12307483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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