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This book explores recent developments and debates around researching ethically and with integrity, and complying with ethical requirements, and has been updated and expanded to now cover issues relating to international, indigenous, interdisciplinary and internet research.

A fully revised and updated edition of this widely adopted textbook. The First Edition was published in 2003 by Hodder.

This unique handbook synthesizes a vibrant and progressive field, cutting across cognitive, forensic and experimental psychology, with world-leading scholars at the helm. This is the first handbook of its kind to focus on applied memory.

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Index looks at the threats to academic freedom around the world - from political correctness to the funding squeeze.

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