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  • Memory and Miscarriages of Justice

    Memory is often the primary evidence in the courtroom, yet unfortunately this evidence may not be fit for purpose. This is because memory is both fallible and malleable; it is possible to forget and also to falsely remember things which never happened.The legal system has been slow to adapt to scientific findings about memory even though such findings have implications for the use of memory as ... Read more

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  • Stress, Trauma, and Children's Memory Development

    Neurobiological, Cognitive, Clinical, and Legal Perspectives

    Few questions in psychology have generated as much debate as those concerning the impact of childhood trauma on memory. A lack of scientific research to constrain theory has helped fuel arguments about whether childhood trauma leads to deficits that result in conditions such as false memory or lost memory, and whether neurohormonal changes that are correlated with childhood trauma can be ... Read more

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  • Finding the Truth in the Courtroom

    Dealing with Deception, Lies, and Memories

    Edited by Henry Otgaar, Mark L. Howe ...
    In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the reliability of eyewitness statements, identifications, and testimony; however, such reports can be riddled with deceptive statements or erroneous recollections. Based on such considerations, the question arises as to how one should weigh such eyewitness accounts given the theoretical and empirical ... Read more

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  • Development of Long-Term Retention

    For a number of decades now the study of children's memory development, with few exceptions, has been synonymous with the development of pro cesses that lead to the initial encoding and immediate retention of informa tion. Although there is little doubt that the study of such acquisition pro cesses is central to understanding memory development, the long-term retention of previously encoded ... Read more

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  • Cognitive Development in Adulthood

    Progress in Cognitive Development Research

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology. Although there would be much disagreement as to the exact proportion of papers published in developmental journals that could be considered cognitive, 50% seems like a conservative estimate. Hence, a series of scholarly books devoted to work in cognitive ... Read more

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  • Emerging Themes in Cognitive Development

    Volume I: Foundations

    Edited by Mark L. Howe, Robert Pasnak ...
    Emerging Themes in Cognitive Development, Volumes I and II offer the full spectrum of current knowledge and research trends in cognitive developmental psychology. The first volume provides a foundation by describing key discoveries in new areas of research and by thoroughly examining fundamental aspects of the field, including several demonstrations of formal modeling; the gains in prediction and ... Read more

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  • The Seven Sins of Memory

    How the Mind Forgets and Remembers

    A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist's "gripping and thought-provoking" look at how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works).In this intriguing study, Harvard psychologist Daniel L. Schacter explores the memory miscues that occur in everyday life, placing them into seven categories: absent-mindedness, transience, blocking, misattribution, ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse

    Identification, Assessment, and Treatment

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  • Forensic Psychology

    Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions

    Series series BPS Textbooks in Psychology
    Introduces forensic psychology to students and professionals who want to better understand psychology’s expanding influence on the study of law, crime and criminalityForensic psychology is a constantly growing discipline, both in terms of student interest and as a profession for graduates. This book highlights the often sizeable gap between media myths surrounding forensic practice and reality. ... Read more

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  • Research Methods in Forensic Psychology

    The only professional resource to focus exclusively on research methods in forensic psychologyWith specific advice on topics of particular importance to forensic specialists, Research Methods in Forensic Psychology presents state-of-the-discipline summaries of the issues that relate to psychology and law research.Edited by renowned experts in the field, this resource features contributions by ... Read more

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