Gestures Can Mislead Children - 2 views

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  #1 Yvette Harris on 12 May 10

   

  A simple gesture can be incorporated into a child's memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question accompanied by that gesture. This new finding suggests that parents, social workers, psychologists, lawyers and investigators should be careful with their hands as well as their words when trying to extract the truth from a child.
  
  Robin Nixon
  LiveScience Staff Writer
  LiveScience.com Robin Nixon
  livescience Staff Writer
  livescience.com - 1 hr 19 mins ago
  
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100512/sc_livescience/gesturescanmisleadchildren

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A simple gesture can be incorporated into a child's memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question accompanied by that gesture. This new finding suggests that parents, social workers, psychologists, lawyers and investigators should be careful with their hands as well as their words when trying to extract the truth from a child. <br /> <br /> Robin Nixon <br /> LiveScience Staff Writer <br /> LiveScience.com Robin Nixon <br /> livescience Staff Writer <br /> livescience.com - 1 hr 19 mins ago <br /> <br /> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100512/sc_livescience/gesturescanmisleadchildren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100512/sc_livescience/gesturescanmisleadchildren</a></div>

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