Speaking is silver, writing is golden? The role of cognitive and social factors in written versus spoken witness accounts

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 978-992

  Sauerland, Melanie ^a   Krix, Alana C ^a   van Kan, Nikki ^a   Glunz, Sarah ^a   Sak, Annabel ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Eyewitness testimony; Interviewer presence; Recall instructions; Recall modality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CRIME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SPEECH; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL RECALL; SPEECH; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894767234     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-014-0401-6     Document Type: Article

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