People with aphantasia have a markedly impaired ability to form visual images in the mind's
eye. Here, by testing people with and without aphantasia, we examine the relationship …

Objectives We conducted a meta-analysis to assess whether the construction of facial
composites affects witnesses' lineup identification decisions. Methods We located 23 studies …

For over four decades, witnesses to and victims of crime have created pictures of offenders
they have seen at the scene of a crime. The resulting pictures, referred to as facial …

Facial composites have played a significant role in policing for about four decades. They are
primarily used as an investigative tool, to enable a person familiar with the offender (eg a …

Eyewitnesses to crimes may seek the perpetrator on social media prior to participating in a
formal identification procedure, but the effect of this citizen enquiry on the accuracy of …

In a criminal investigation, a facial composite is constructed by an eyewitness of a person
seen to commit a crime. Composites are used by law enforcement as an investigative tool, to …

Although eyewitness researchers have used mock-witness measures to assess aspects of
lineup fairness, they have paid little attention to their validity. The current study tested …

When the police have no suspect, they may ask an eyewitness to construct a facial
composite of that suspect from memory. Faces are primarily processed holistically, and …

Previous research has produced equivocal results with regard to whether facial composite
creation affects subsequent eyewitness identification accuracy, but the most widely …

Eyewitnesses to crimes sometimes search for a culprit on social media before viewing a
police lineup, but it is not known whether this affects subsequent lineup identification …