Protecting and enhancing eyewitness memory: The impact of an initial recall attempt on performance in an investigative interview

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 304-313

  Hope, Lorraine ^a   Gabbert, Fiona ^b   Fisher, Ronald P ^c   Jamieson, Kat ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF ADMINISTERED INTERVIEW; WITNESS;

EID: 84897962265     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2984     Document Type: Article

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