Interviewing techniques and the assessment of statement credibility

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-300

  Colwell, Kevin ^a   Hiscock, Cheryl K ^a   Memon, Amina ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 8744276366     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.788     Document Type: Article

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