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07/17/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Testimony of eyewitnesses found to be easily altered by peer pressure … conformity outweighs memory

Groundbreaking research by forensic psychologist Dara Mojtahedi has found that eyewitness recollection can be distorted easily by other people’s views, and he is calling on courts and police to keep this in mind when considering the testimony of witnesses. In one study, he showed groups of volunteers, who would serve as “witnesses,” footage of a […]

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