Generation and Detection of True and False Alibi Statements

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 619-638

  Culhane, Scott E ^a   Kehn, Andre ^b   Horgan, Allyson J ^c   Meissner, Christian A ^d   Hosch, Harmon M ^d   Wodahl, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c MRAC LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

alibi; alibi generation; autobiographical memory; deception detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882243450     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2012.729018     Document Type: Article

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