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Understanding Mental Disorder through a Scientific Lens
A team of clinical scientists takes an in-depth look at three systems used for understanding mental-health disorders.
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A Conversation With Lee Anna Clark
The APS Fellow and personality researcher talks about the scientific and practical challenges of classifying mental disorders — the subject of an article she has co-authored for Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
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Eyewitness Confidence Can Predict Accuracy of Identifications, Researchers Find
A new report challenges the perception that eyewitness memory is inherently fallible, finding that eyewitness confidence can indicate the accuracy of identifications made under “pristine” conditions.
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Eyewitness Confidence Can Predict Accuracy of Identifications, Researchers Find
Many individuals have been falsely accused of a crime based, at least in part, on confident eyewitness identifications, a fact that has bred distrust of eyewitness confidence in the US legal system. But a new
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Justice Department Turns to Psychological Science to Improve Eyewitness Testimony
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is tapping into psychological science to develop new guidelines for eyewitness identification procedures.
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Justice Department Turns to Psychological Science to Improve Eyewitness Identifications
The US Department of Justice draws on psychological research to identify best practices in eyewitness identification procedures.