eyewitness

Examples of eyewitness in the following topics:

• Considerations for Eyewitness Testimony

  • Eyewitness testimony has been considered a credible source in the past, but its reliability has recently come into question.
  • The weapon-focus effect suggests that the presence of a weapon narrows a person's attention, thus affecting eyewitness memory. 
  • Trials may take many weeks and require an eyewitness to recall and describe an event many times.
  • The accuracy of eyewitness memory degrades swiftly after initial encoding.
  • Analyze ways that the fallibility of memory can influence eyewitness testimonies