Cognitive Underpinnings of Children's Testimony

Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-35

  Baker Ward, Lynne ^a   Ornstein, Peter A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's testimony; Legal system; Media; Memory research; Personal experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948976493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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