Concept information
Preferred term
eyewitness memory
Definition
- Eyewitness memory plays a pivotal role in many criminal trials. A substantial body of psychological research on eyewitness memory has developed over the years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Eyewitness Memory]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- accuracy of eyewitness descriptions
- appearance-change instruction in lineups
- best practices in identification tests
- clothing bias
- cognitive interviews
- computer-assisted lineups
- confidence in identifications
- conformity in eyewitness reports
- cross-race effect in eyewitness identification
- double-blind lineup administration
- elderly eyewitnesses
- estimator and system variables in eyewitness identification
- expert psychological testimony on eyewitness identification
- exposure time and eyewitness memory
- eyewitness identification: effect of disguises and appearance changes
- eyewitness identification: field studies
- eyewitness identification: general acceptance in the scientific community
- facial composites
- false memories
- forced confabulation
- hypnosis and eyewitness memory
- impact of alcohol intoxication on eyewitness memory
- instructions to the witness
- juries and eyewitnesses
- lay beliefs about eyewitness memory
- lineup filler selection
- lineup size and bias
- motions to suppress eyewitness identification
- mug shots
- Neil v. Biggers Criteria for Evaluating Eyewitness Identification
- optimality hypothesis in eyewitness identification
- police as eyewitnesses
- popout effect in eyewitness identification
- postevent information and eyewitness memory
- presence of counsel safeguard and eyewitness identification
- reconstructive memory
- repeated recall
- repressed and recovered memories
- response latency in eyewitness identification
- retention interval and eyewitness memory
- showups
- simultaneous and sequential lineup presentations
- source monitoring and eyewitness memory
- stress and eyewitness memory
- training of eyewitnesses
- unconscious transference
- verbal overshadowing and eyewitness identification
- voice recognition
- weapon focus
- witness model
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/eyewitness_memory
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