Assessing nonchoosers' eyewitness identification accuracy from photographic showups by using confidence and response times

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 394-403

  Sauerland, Melanie ^a   Sagana, Anna ^a   Sporer, Siegfried L ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

multiple targets; nonchoosers; postdecision confidence; postdiction; response time; showups

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL LAW; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875075004     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093926     Document Type: Article

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