...an excellent collection of chapters from experts in the area of memory and law. The chapters are written in a highly accessible way and provide up-todate reviews of the literature that would appeal to a broad audience of readers interested in issues surrounding memory and law. The authors make a point to offer concrete suggestions, where possible, for the application of psychological research to real-world legal contexts, and many authors provide applied examples from legal decisions and court transcripts to support empirical points. Many of the chapters also include suggestions for future research directions that have the potential to help focus the efforts of researchers to address the pressing issues in this field of study.

PsyCRITIQUES, May 2013

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 by Memory and Law, which aims to present the current state of knowledge among cognitive and neural scientists about memory as applied to the law.
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Contributors ; Part I. General Issues about Memory ; Introduction: Memory in the Legal Context ; L. Nadel & W. Sinnott-Armstrong ; 1. Emotion's Impact on Memory ; E.A. Phelps ; Part II. Memory in Eyewitnesses ; 2. Inconsistencies between Law and the Limits of Human Cognition: The Case of Eyewitness Identification ; D. Davis & E.F. Loftus ; 3. Lineup Procedures in Eyewitness Identification ; S.D. Gronlund, C.A Goodsell & S.M. Andersen ; 4. The Curious Complexity between Confidence and Accuracy in Reports from Memory ; H.L. Roediger, III, J.H. Wixted & K.A. DeSoto ; 5. Evaluating Confidence in Our Memories: Results and Implications from Neuroimaging and Eye Movement Monitoring Studies of Metamemory ; E.F. Chua ; 6. Evidentiary independence?: How evidence collected early in an investigation influences the collection and interpretation of additional evidence ; L.E. Hasel ; Part III. Memory in Jurors ; 7. Memory and jury deliberation: The benefits and costs of collective remembering ; W. Hirst, A. Coman & C.B. Stone ; 8. Realizing the Potential of Instructions to Disregard ; L.J. Demaine ; 9.: The Memory of Jurors: Enhancing Trial Performance ; A. Sandberg, W. Sinnott-Armstrong & J. Suvalescu ; Part IV. Neuroimaging Memories ; 10. Neuroimaging of True, False, and Imaginary Memories: Findings and Implications ; D.L. Schacter, J. Chamberlain, B. Gaesser & K.D. Gerlach ; 11. Detection of concealed stored memories with psychophysiological and neuroimaging methods ; J.P. Rosenfeld, G.B. Shakhar & G. Ganis ; Part V. Legislative Issues ; 12. Criminalizing Cognitive Enhancement at the Blackjack Table ; A. Kolber ; 13. Monetizing Memory Science: Neuroscience and the Future of PTSD Litigation ; F.X. Shen ; CODA ; 14. Ten Things the Law, and Others, Should Know about Human Memory ; M.A. Conway
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"This is a well-reasoned, scholarly offering about the science of memory and its intersection with the law and its use in the courtroom. It provides a unique and thought-provoking look at some of the dogma in our legal process that desperately needs an outside, objective perspective." -- DOODY'S "... this book is an excellent collection of chapters from experts in the area of memory and law. The chapters are written in a highly accessible way and provide up-todate reviews of the literature that would appeal to a broad audience of readers interested in issues surrounding memory and law. The authors make a point to offer concrete suggestions, where possible, for the application of psychological research to real-world legal contexts, and many authors provide applied examples from legal decisions and court transcripts to support empirical points. Many of the chapters also include suggestions for future research directions that have the potential to help focus the efforts of researchers to address the pressing issues in this field of study." -- PsycCRITIQUES
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Selling point: Presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of memory and law Selling point: Brings psychologists, philosophers, neuroscientists, and lawyers together to consider the variety of ways in which memory impacts the legal process Selling point: For academics in psychology, neuroscience, law, and philosophy
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Lynn Nadel is Regents Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona. Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong is Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.
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Selling point: Presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of memory and law Selling point: Brings psychologists, philosophers, neuroscientists, and lawyers together to consider the variety of ways in which memory impacts the legal process Selling point: For academics in psychology, neuroscience, law, and philosophy
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199920754
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
717 gr
Høyde
160 mm
Bredde
236 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
408

Biografisk notat

Lynn Nadel is Regents Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona. Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong is Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.