An investigation of weapon focus : the influence of schema roles on children's and adults' eyewitness memory

Previous research on the weapon focus effect indicates that schematic knowledge plays a large role in adult witnesses' ability to recall details of a crime. This study investigated whether the weapon focus effect would be found in young children (4- and 5- year-olds), whose schemas are less dev...

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Main Author: Lenhardt, Thomas T.
Other Authors: Pickel, Kerri L
Format: Others
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/188022
http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1313637