Warning against warnings: Alerted subjects may perform worse. Misinformation, involvement and warning as determinants of witness testimony

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Szpitalak, Malwina ^a   Polczyk, Romuald ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

eyewitness testimony; involvement; memory; misinformation; tainted truth; warning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016272589     PISSN: 00792993     EISSN: 16417844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10059-010-0014-2     Document Type: Article

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