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Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions
At 9:45 PM on November 10, 1984, 16-year-old Theresa Fusco finished up her shift at the roller skating rink in the Long Island village of Lynbrook. She never made it home that night. She was
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Pro / Con: Spanking
Los Angeles Times: When your 3-year-old is throwing a tantrum in the middle of the supermarket or has poured his milk all over the floor, the urge to spank may be overwhelming. If you’ve ever
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio: Elizabeth Loftus
APS Past President Elizabeth Loftus speaks about her research — investigating false memory, the reliability of eyewitness reports, and memories “recovered” through therapy — and its impact on how we think about eyewitness testimony.
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If You Can’t Notice a Gorilla in Plain Sight, How Can You Testify as a Witness?
Discover Magazine: Late one January night in 1995, Boston police officer Kenny Conley ran right past the site of a brutal beating without doing a thing about it. The case received extensive media coverage because
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2012 Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting
The 2012 Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Meeting will be held March 22-24, 2012 in Savannah, GA. For more information visit: http://southernsociety.org/annualmeeting.htm
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The Certainty of Memory Has Its Day in Court
The New York Times: Witness testimony has been the gold standard of the criminal justice system, revered in courtrooms and crime dramas as the evidence that clinches a case. Yet scientists have long cautioned that
