Do older adults change their eyewitness reports when re-questioned?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-365

  Henkel, Linda A ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Compliance; Eyewitness suggestibility; Interrogative pressure; Negative feedback.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CRIME; EYEWITNESS SUGGESTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERROGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SUGGESTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; COMPLIANCE; EYEWITNESS SUGGESTIBILITY; INTERROGATIVE PRESSURE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNICATION; CRIME; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898883173     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt071     Document Type: Article

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