Constructing faces from memory: The impact of image likeness and prototypical representations

Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 243-256

  Frowd, Charlie D ^a   White, David ^b   Kemp, Richard I ^b   Jenkins, Rob ^c   Nawaz, Kamran ^d   Herold, Kate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial composites; Identification; Memory; Offenders; Sources of error; Victims of crime

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOFIT COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL COMPOSITE IMAGING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84927559170     PISSN: 20508794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFP-08-2013-0042     Document Type: Article

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