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The benefits of eye-closure on eyewitness memory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Eyewitness memory is not perfect. However, recent research suggests that eyewitnesses remember more about a witnessed event if they close their eyes during the interview.
Vredeveldt, Annelies
core   +6 more sources

Detecting the guilty: A critical test of the high-threshold representation of eyewitness memory

open access: yes, 2021
A hierarchical inductive research project. Following from our previous tests that confirmed both random-scale and monotonic representation pf eyewitness memory and identification decisions, this investigation aims to develop and apply a critical test of ...
Melissa Humphries   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Developmental improvement and age-related decline in unfamiliar face matching [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Age-related changes have been documented widely in studies of face recognition and eyewitness identification. However, it is not clear whether these changes arise from general developmental differences in memory or occur specifically during the ...
Bindemann, Markus, Megreya, Ahmed M.
core   +1 more source

Competing theories of eyewitness identification

open access: yes, 2022
Psychological researchers have put forward several theories of eyewitness identification behavior, each of which offers differing hypotheses relating to eyewitness memory and identification task difficulty.
Kym Michelle McCormick
core   +1 more source

The effect of stress on memory : eyewitness performance in juveniles and young adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
An experimental design was used to investigate the relationship between stress and eyewitness memory in adolescents (Experiment 1) and young adults (Experiment 2). Psychosocial stress was induced using a public speaking task.
Ball, Marianne
core   +1 more source

Individual differences in personality and face identification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Unfamiliar face identification is characterised by substantial variation between individual observers, but the cause of this variation is largely unknown.
Bindemann, Markus, Megreya, Ahmed M.
core   +1 more source

Developing a Strong(er) Theory of Eyewitness Memory: The Selection, Verification, and Application of Mathematical Models of Identification Decisions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Various formal and informal models of eyewitness memory have been proposed. While serving to guide both the construct and analytical frameworks of research within the field, these models have yet to be critically tested through a process of empirical ...
McCormick, Kym Michelle
core  

Diagnosing Eyewitness Accuracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Eyewitnesses frequently mistake innocent people for the perpetrator of an observed crime. Such misidentifications have led to the wrongful convictions of many people. Despite this, no reliable method yet exists to determine eyewitness accuracy.
Russ, Andrew
core  

On the possible advantages of combining small lineups with instructions that discourage guessing-based selection

open access: yesScientific Reports
The primary argument for including large numbers of known-to-be innocent fillers in lineups is that guessing-based selections are dispersed among a large number of lineup members, leading to low innocent-suspect identification rates.
Amelie Therre   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Applying the Rules of Evidence to Expert Testimony About Risk

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 636-646, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT Expert opinion about dangerousness or risk is common at sentencing, criminal commitment proceedings and some types of pretrial detention hearings. This article argues that such evidence must be (1) “material” (logically relevant, empirically generalizable, and epistemologically germane), (2) “probative” (a measure of accuracy, which is ...
Christopher Slobogin
wiley   +1 more source

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