The forensic confirmation bias: A problem of evidence integration, not just evidence evaluation

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-58

  Charman, Steve D ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Confirmation bias; Evidence evaluation; Evidence integration; Expectancy effects; Forensic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875360455     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.01.010     Document Type: Note

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