Eyewitness memory is not entirely reliable. This unreliability can derive from inherent limitations in the perception of criminal acts (including relative darkness, brevity of exposure, and occlusion ...

Eyewitness identification remains a pivotal yet complex facet of criminal investigations and legal proceedings. Research in this area spans from the cognitive processes underlying face recognition to ...

Of the 317 people wrongly convicted in the U.S. and proven innocent by DNA, eyewitness misidentification was the single greatest cause, playing a role in 72 percent of the cases, says the Innocence ...