Accuracy assessment through confidence in eyewitness memory vs. General knowledge;Confianza y exactitud en la memoria de testigos vs. Conocimientos generales

Estudios de Psicologia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-271

  Migueles, Malen ^a   García Bajos, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

accuracy; Confidence; eyewitness memory; general knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857800541     PISSN: 02109395     EISSN: 15793699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/021093901753581330     Document Type: Article

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