Enhancing older adults' eyewitness memory for present and future events with the self-administered interview

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 885-890

  Gawrylowicz, Julie ^a   Memon, Amina ^b   Scoboria, Alan ^c   Hope, Lorraine ^d   Gabbert, Fiona ^e  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyewitness testimony; Metacognition; Older adults; Self administered interview; Transfer effect

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAUD; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECALL; WITNESS; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925677510     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038048     Document Type: Article

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