For more than four decades, I have been studying the malleable nature of human memory.
For most of this time period, I have also played a role as a consultant or expert in many legal …

Forensic science is a central component of jurors' decisions in many criminal cases.
Nevertheless, research has shown that jurors are not sensitive to violations of testimonial …

Recent research shows a strong positive relationship between eyewitness confidence and
identification accuracy, assuming the confidence judgment results from a first, fair test of …

Alibis play a critical role in the criminal justice system. Yet research on the process of alibi
generation and evaluation is still nascent. Indeed, similar to other widely investigated …

Judicial instructions are a practical, but not always effective, way of providing education to
jurors to help them evaluate the evidence given by witnesses. In this research, we …

We examine a new paradigm for jury instructions regarding eyewitness testimony, in which
the judge provides concise reasons why jurors should discount an eyewitness's courtroom …

We investigated whether watching a videotaped photo array administration or expert
testimony could sensitize jurors to the suggestiveness of single-blind eyewitness …

Naïve realism, the belief that one's own subjective experience mirrors objective reality, is
often posited as a basic feature of perception, cognition, and social judgment. Analogously …

" Favored by instructors and students for its real-world focus and engaging style, this
authoritative text on the interface of psychology and law has now been revised and …

Eyewitness evidence is often important in criminal cases, but false or misleading eyewitness
evidence is known to be a leading cause of wrongful convictions. One explanation for …