Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science

About this episode

This episode discusses the reliability of eyewitness memory and the implications of scientific findings on police line-ups and peer review processes.

In this episode: 00:21 When witnesses identify suspects from police line-ups, confidence matters Nature: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony 07:15 Registered Reports: how this ‘double peer review’ process could benefit scientists and their results Nature: Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which we publish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• eyewitness memory
• police line-ups
• scientific research
• Registered Reports
• peer review
• testimony

Keywords

• eyewitness testimony
• memory
• police line-ups
• Registered Reports
• scientific research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Springer Nature Limited, Nature, Acast

Books & works: Nature: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony

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