The Misinformation Effect: Past Research and Recent Advances

Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: Psychological Research and Forensic Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-44

  Chrobak, Quin M ^a   Zaragoza, Maria S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elicited misinformation paradigms; Explanatory role hypothesis; Eyewitness memory; False recollections; Forced fabrication paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886353462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118432907.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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