A perceptual scaling approach to eyewitness identification

Sergei Gepshtein; Yurong Wang; Fangchao He; Dinh Diep; Thomas D. Albright

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17194-5

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

A perceptual scaling approach to eyewitness identification

Sergei Gepshtein,
Yurong Wang,
Fangchao He,
Dinh Diep,
Thomas D. Albright

Affiliations

Sergei Gepshtein: Center for the Neurobiology of Vision, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Yurong Wang: Center for the Neurobiology of Vision, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Fangchao He: Center for the Neurobiology of Vision, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Dinh Diep: Center for the Neurobiology of Vision, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Thomas D. Albright: Center for the Neurobiology of Vision, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17194-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Eyewitness errors contribute to wrongful convictions. Here, the authors present a lineup procedure that reveals the structure of eyewitness memory, reduces decision bias, and measures performance of individual witnesses.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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