Co-Witness Influence on Children's Memory Reports: The Difference is in the Details

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 320-339

  Roos Af Hjelmsäter, Emma ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^a   Strömwall, Leif A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84857016457     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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