Our minds can play tricks, creating vivid recollections of events that never happened. These false memories, influenced by ...

Myth 1: Memory is too flawed and impermanent to be trustworthy. Fact: Extensive research supports the accuracy and dependability of long-term memories—for both personal experiences and experimental ...

In a previous Forensic View (Sharps, 2020), we discussed the fact that eyewitness memory is not a solid record of the past. Eyewitness memories, like other memories, change—memories become shorter, ...

Imagine a robbery has occurred, and police ask witnesses to identify a suspect from a lineup. “I remember his eyes,” one witness says, while another simply states, “I recognize him.” The first witness ...

Ciara Greene receives funding from Research Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, the Health Research Board of Ireland, and AXA Insurance. Psychologists have intensively studied the factors that make ...