The Effects of Repetition on Children's True and False Reports

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-529

  Evans, Angela D ^a   Brunet, Megan K ^b   Talwar, Victoria ^c   Bala, Nicholas ^d   Lindsay, Rod C L ^d   Lee, Kang ^b,e  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children; linguistic differences; repeated reports; veracity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866026218     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2011.615808     Document Type: Article

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