In psychiatric literature, dissociative reactions at the time of a traumatic event (ie,
peritraumatic dissociation) are considered to be risk factors for the development of post …

Although emotionally arousing events are more memorable than ordinary daily life events,
the nature of memories for emotionally arousing events is widely debated. On the one hand …

This study examined the interaction between testimonial consistency and eyewitness
confidence on mock-jurors' judgments of probability that the defendant committed the crime …

Weapon focus is frequently cited as a factor in eyewitness testimony, and is broadly defined
as a weapon-related decrease in performance on subsequent tests of memory for those …

This study examined how misleading suggestions from parents influenced children's
eyewitness reports. Children (3 to 8 years old) participated in science demonstrations …

Participants viewed a simulated crime and attempted an identification from an 9-person
target-present or target-absent lineup. The authors examined identification confidence …

Eyewitnesses sometimes recall things at later interviews that they did not recall at previous
interviews (reminiscence). When these cases are argued in the courtroom, attorneys may …

This study explored the influence of mood and emotion on mock‐jurors' processing of
testimonial inconsistencies, perceptions of witness credibility and offender culpability, and …

Objective: To determine whether interview practices associated with inaccurate reporting in
laboratory analog contexts were also associated with inaccurate information in actual …

Ten minutes after witnessing a bank robbery, Ms. Barnes is interviewed by the first police
officer on the scene. She describes the robber as a white male, clean-shaven, medium …