Memory researchers long have speculated that certain tactics may lead people to recall
crimes that never occurred, and thus could potentially lead to false confessions. This is the …

Advances in digital technology mean that the creation of visually compelling photographic
fakes is growing at an incredible speed. The prevalence of manipulated photos in our …

Objective The implanting of rich autobiographical false memories is crucial for judicial
decision–making, and the forensic evaluation of a testimony. In order to assess this issue, a …

Machine-learning has enabled the creation of “deepfake videos”; highly-realistic footage that
features a person saying or doing something they never did. In recent years, this technology …

Previous work on human memory has shown that prompting participants with false events
and self-relevant information via different types of media such as narratives, edited 2 …

Decades of research show that people are susceptible to developing false memories. But if
they do so in one task, are they likely to do so in a different one? The answer:“No”. In the …

This chapter reviews three knowledge sets that professionals rely on to navigate cases
involving child witnesses. The first set includes psychological principles that explain why …

We report on the 1st experimental elicitation of nonbelieved memories for childhood events
in adults (Study 1) and children (Study 2) using a modified false memory implantation …

As author Bennett Schwartz says in Memory: Foundations and Applications, it is hard to
imagine an aspect of psychology more fundamental than memory. This unique text covers …

This study examined whether prevalence information promotes children's false memories for
an implausible event. Forty‐four 7–8 and forty‐seven 11–12 year old children heard a true …