Post-identification feedback, confidence and recollections of witnessing conditions in child witnesses

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 901-912

  Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie ^a   Memon, Amina ^b   Logie, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

EID: 8644280641     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1037     Document Type: Article

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