Episodic memory is the conscious recollection of events as they were previously experienced. Eyewitness testimony is primarily based on episodic memory and plays a critical role in criminal and legal ...

Eyewitness memory is frequently inaccurate due to perceptual and cognitive failures, but recent research shows that mood and ...

Eyewitness testimony plays a central role in the legal system. It often provides the most crucial evidence in determining matters of guilt or innocence in alleged crimes. Witnesses commonly appear ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ben Cotterill, Clemson University (THE CONVERSATION) Eyewitness memory has come under ...

Imagine a robbery has occurred, and police ask witnesses to identify a suspect from a lineup. “I remember his eyes,” one witness says, while another simply states, “I recognize him.” The first witness ...

It isn't news that eyewitness testimony is sometimes inaccurate. What might be news, however, is that significant research makes plain that it is often wrong, even when the eyewitness believes they ...

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Bryan Kohberger's defense team is asking the judge overseeing his quadruple murder trial to block an eyewitness from testifying about the intruder she saw having "bushy eyebrows" on the night three of ...

Scientists at M.I.T. have managed to implant mice with false memories. They told one mouse that Sharon Stone was his wife and that he should dissolve his father's compa—oh wait, never mind. Seriously, ...

Defendants can present evidence about common pitfalls in eyewitness identification and photo lineups, Iowa's highest court rules.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 10, 2023 — After 25 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Miguel Solorio had his conviction reversed yesterday. Solorio was arrested in 1998 for a fatal drive-by ...