Four decades of research and hundreds of studies speak to the power of post-event
misinformation to bias eyewitness accounts of events (see eg, Loftus' summary, 2005). A …

In cases of repeated victimisation, a complainant's statement of abuse, and therefore
memory, is often critical evidence for forensic investigations and legal proceedings. It is …

When children report abuse, they often report that it occurred repeatedly. In most
jurisdictions, children will be asked to report each instance of abuse with as many details as …

Perceptions of children's credibility were studied in two experiments wherein participants
watched a videotape of a 4-to 5-or a 6-to 7-year old child report details of a play session that …

If an event is recognized as being of forensic interest and if it is reported to the authorities,
eyewitnesses' descriptions of its details, including its environmental (spatial and temporal) …

Are children who experience an event repeatedly more suggestible about an instance of the
event than children who experience it once? Researchers have answered this question both …

Recalling details from an experienced event can sometimes exacerbate eyewitnesses'
susceptibility to subsequent misinformation. This finding, known as retrieval-enhanced …

Research to date has exclusively focused on the implantation of false memories for single
events. The current experiment is the first proof of concept that false memories can be …

There are various methods of testing a witness's ability to identify a perpetrator, such as mug-
shot searches, lineups, and the show-up identification procedure, where a witness is …

Does asking about the general event before asking about a specific instance help children
to report details of a particular instance of a repeated event that was different from the …