Psychological contamination in forensic decisions

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-77

  Elaad, Eitan ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Confirmation bias; Contamination; Expectations; Forensic experts; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875312937     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.01.006     Document Type: Note

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