Reducing misinformation effects in older adults with cognitive interview mnemonics

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1191-1203

  Holliday, Robyn E ^a   Humphries, Joyce E ^a   Milne, Rebecca ^b   Memon, Amina ^c   Houlder, Lucy ^a   Lyons, Amy ^a   Bull, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive interview; Eyewitness; Misinformation effect; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MISINFORMATION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; WITNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874495781     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022031     Document Type: Article

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