Eyewitness memory is not entirely reliable. This unreliability can derive from inherent limitations in the perception of criminal acts (including relative darkness, brevity of exposure, and occlusion ...

Eyewitness identification remains a pivotal yet complex facet of criminal investigations and legal proceedings. Research in this area spans from the cognitive processes underlying face recognition to ...

In previous posts on this page and elsewhere (e.g., Sharps, 2022, 2024), we have seen that eyewitness memories of crimes and suspects can be altered after the fact as time goes by and as witnesses ...

Witnessing a crime doesn't lead to a "flashbulb" memory, said Gary L. Wells, who has studied witness identification since 1975. Wells, a psychology professor at Iowa State University, will speak at 2 ...

Ciara Greene receives funding from Research Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, the Health Research Board of Ireland, and AXA Insurance. Psychologists have intensively studied the factors that make ...