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Paired Comparisons Could Mean Better Witness Identifications – Scientific American

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Our visual memory is not infallible and can lead to misidentification of suspects during police lineups. Neuroscientists test a different technique. My latest for Scientific American.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/paired-comparisons-could-mean-better-witness-identifications/#transcripts-body

Paired comparisons may lead to more accurate identifications in police lineups. Image credit: From “A Perceptual Scaling Approach to Eyewitness Identification,” by Sergei Gepshtein et al., in Nature Communications, Vol. 11, Article No. 3380; July 14, 2020 (CC BY 4.0)

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