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.