Turning the Lens of Science on Itself: Verbal Overshadowing, Replication, and Metascience

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 579-584

  Schooler, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decline effect; eyewitness memory; open science; replication; verbal overshadowing

Indexed keywords

CRIME; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECALL; SPEECH;

CRIME; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SPEECH;

EID: 84907198394     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691614547878     Document Type: Article

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