Topics in Memory
Aging and Memory
How an aging brain can distort memory.
Autographical Memory
Memory for a “specific event that took place at a particular time and place.”
Children’s Memory for Faces
Children’s developing abilities to encode and recall faces.
Coding Child Interviews
Evaluating forensic child interviews.
Confidence in Memory
Confidence in a memory is not relevant to the accuracy of that memory.
Delayed Memory
A critical perspective on claims of delayed memory.
Detecting Deception
Is it possible to detect detection?
Ear-witness Memory
Research findings on memory for what a witness heard.
Emotions, Trauma, and Memory
How do emotions, including traumatic stress, impact the encoding and retrieval of memory.
Episodic Memory
Memory of everyday events that can be explicitly stated or conjured.
Expert Testimony for Memory
How to best utilize a memory expert in trial.
Face Composites
Cautions regarding the use of face composites with witnesses.
Face Recognition
Research findings on face recognition.
Forgetting
The important insights research on forgetting has revealed about memory processes.
Hippocampus
One of the most important parts of the brain for memory.
Hypnosis
A critical examination of the claims of hypnosis.
Implicit Memory
Implicit memory refers to a lack of conscious experience or awareness of previously learned information.
Intoxication and Memory
The impact of alcohol and other recreational drugs on memory formation.
Lineup Construction
The benefits and liabilities of police lineups.
Memory for Faces
Research on memory for faces.
Memory for Persons
Research findings for how memory for persons is formed and retrieved.
Mugshots
Research findings on the use of mugshots.
Reconstructive Memory
The reconstructive dynamic of memory recall.
Show-ups
The overall effectiveness of show-ups versus lineups.
Stages of Memory
A quick overview of the stages of creating, storing and retrieving memories.