The influence of emotion on memory in forensic settings

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume I: Memory for Events

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 81-116

  Reisberg, Daniel ^a   Heuer, Friderike ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315086309-4     Document Type: Chapter

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