Memory and Law

by Nadel, Lynn; Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter P.

• ISBN13: 9780199920754
• ISBN10: 0199920753
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The legal system depends upon memory function in a number of critical ways, including the memories of victims, the memories of individuals who witness crimes or other critical events, the memories of investigators, lawyers, and judges engaged in the legal process, and the memories of jurors. How well memory works, how accurate it is, how it is affected by various aspects of the criminal justice system -- these are all important questions. But there are others as well: Can we tell when someone is reporting an accurate memory? Can we distinguish a true memory from a false one? Can memories be selectively enhanced, or erased? Are memories altered by emotion, by stress, by drugs? These questions and more are addressed byMemory and Law, which aims to present the current state of knowledge among cognitive and neural scientists about memory as applied to the law.

Table of Contents

Contributors

General Issues about Memory

Introduction: Memory in the Legal Context

Emotion's Impact on Memory

Memory in Eyewitnesses

Inconsistencies between Law and the Limits of Human Cognition: The Case of Eyewitness Identification

Lineup Procedures in Eyewitness Identification

H.L. Roediger, III, J.H. Wixted and K.A. De

The Curious Complexity between Confidence and Accuracy in Reports from Memory

Evaluating Confidence in Our Memories: Results and Implications from Neuroimaging and Eye Movement Monitoring Studies of Metamemory

Evidentiary independence?: How evidence collected early in an investigation influences the collection and interpretation of additional evidence

Memory in Jurors

Memory and jury deliberation: The benefits and costs of collective remembering

Realizing the Potential of Instructions to Disregard

The Memory of Jurors: Enhancing Trial Performance

Neuroimaging Memories

Neuroimaging of True, False, and Imaginary Memories: Findings and Implications

Detection of concealed stored memories with psychophysiological and neuroimaging methods

Legislative Issues

Criminalizing Cognitive Enhancement at the Blackjack Table

Monetizing Memory Science: Neuroscience and the Future of PTSD Litigation

CODA

Ten Things the Law, and Others, Should Know about Human Memory

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