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Why anxiety matters for eyewitnesses

Why anxiety matters for eyewitnesses

Eyewitness testimony, or EWT, is often collected after sudden, frightening events, yet much research is done in calm laboratory settings. Valentine and Mesout (2009) asked whether genuine high anxiety harms face memory in a way lab studies may underestimate.

Contemporary study: Valentine and Mesout (2009) Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Contemporary study: Valentine and Mesout (2009)

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A Level Psychology Contemporary study: Valentine and Mesout (2009). Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

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