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Evidence for Continuous Mediation in Facial Recognition: Implications for Theories of Eyewitness Memory [PDF]
, 2016 It has been proposed that sequential lineups are superior to simultaneous lineups because simultaneous lineups promote comparisons amongst choices (a relative judgment strategy) and sequential lineups reduce this propensity by inducing comparisons of ...
McAdoo, Ryan
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Teaching Skepticism or Nihilism? Critical Thinking Education as a Signal Detection Problem
Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT A central goal of critical thinking courses is to help students distinguish science from pseudoscience, and more generally, warranted from unwarranted claims. Prior studies show that such courses reduce belief in unwarranted claims, but whether this reflects improved discriminability, a response bias shift, or both remains unclear.
Anthony J. Bishara
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The effect of empathy on eyewitness memory
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Aims: Numerous factors have been identified that can influence eyewitness memory. These factors lead to an increased susceptibility to the misinformation effect, potentially resulting in critical errors in testimony.
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Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT Memory recall is characterized by a reconstructive process characterized by flexible recombination of episodic and semantic materials and provides the basis for mental time travel in the past and in the future. The present research aimed to investigate whether divergent thinking (DT) can have an influence on this process.
G. Fusi +6 more
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Reconsolidation of episodic memories:a subtle reminder triggers integration of new information [PDF]
, 2007 Recent demonstrations of "reconsolidation" suggest that memories can be modified when they are reactivated. Reconsolidation has been observed in human procedural memory and in implicit memory in infants.
Hardt, Oliver +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2013 We surveyed 100 Italian defense attorneys about their knowledge and beliefs about factors affecting eyewitness accuracy. The results of a series of similar surveys show that U.S.
Svein eMagnussen +3 more
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Does Confidence Indicate Face‐Identity Matching Accuracy for Same‐Race and Other‐Race Faces?
Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT Confidence reliably indicates face‐matching accuracy for same‐race faces. However, it is unclear whether this holds for other‐race faces. We examined the confidence–accuracy relationship for same‐ and other‐race faces in Caucasian and African American participants.
Géraldine Jeckeln, Alice J. O'Toole
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A War of Words: Framing the Austrian Civil War through the Language of the Combatants
History, Volume 111, Issue 397, Page 577-594, September 2026.Abstract The Austrian civil war was a four‐day conflict in 1934 between the largest left‐wing paramilitary, the Schutzbund, and government forces aligned with the largest right‐wing paramilitary group, the Heimwehr. The Schutzbund was quickly and brutally suppressed through the use of overwhelming force, armoured vehicles and even artillery deployment ...
Jenna Byers
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Eyewitness identification : improving police lineups for suspects with distinctive features [PDF]
Eyewitnesses‘ descriptions of suspects often refer to distinctive facial features, such as tattoos or scars, and the police have to decide how best to create fair lineups in these circumstances.
Zarkadi, Theodora
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, 2017 Inaccurate eyewitness identifications are the leading cause of known false convictions in the United States. Moreover, improving eyewitness memory is difficult and often unsuccessful.
Stepan, M.E. (Michigan State University)
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