If anything else comes to mind.. better keep it to yourself? Delayed recall is discrediting unjustifiably

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 266-274

  Oeberst, Aileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

credibility; eyewitness memory; implicit theories; judgment; reminiscence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HUMAN; RECALL; TRUST;

CRIMINOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871868341     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093966     Document Type: Article

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