Who? What? When? Using a timeline technique to facilitate recall of a complex event

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-24

  Hope, Lorraine ^a   Mullis, Rebecca ^a   Gabbert, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Eyewitness memory; Investigative interview; Memory; Police interview; Timeline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875357082     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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