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Psychologist Gary Wells is investigating the thought processes of eyewitnesses when their memory fails as they still try to identify the perpetrator of a crime. “We’ve reached a point where to make more advances [in eyewitness identification accuracy], we’ve got to understand theoretically more of these mistakes,” says Wells.
IOWA STATE (US)—Memory can play tricks, sometimes preventing us from remembering important details. When that happens to an eyewitness in a criminal case, psychologist Gary Wells says it could be a matter of life and death for the identified suspect. Continue…
