Protecting Against Misleading Post-event Information with a Self-Administered Interview

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-575

  Gabbert, Fiona ^a   Hope, Lorraine ^b   Fisher, Ronald P ^c   Jamieson, Kat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; POST EVENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF ADMINISTERED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84863997075     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2828     Document Type: Article

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