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Daniel Carragher1, Peter J Hancock2

  • 1School of Psychology, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences, Adelaide University, SA, Australia.

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)
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combined decision-makingface matchingidentificationidentity verificationwisdom of crowds

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