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Children's eyewitness testimony can be as accurate as adults' or more so – if interviewers follow these guidelines

  • Written by Ben Cotterill, Lecturer in Psychology, Clemson University
Children's eyewitness testimony can be as accurate as adults' or more so – if interviewers follow these guidelinesResearchers know better ways to get accurate information from child witnesses.FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

Eyewitness memory has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, as organizations such as the Innocence Project suggest it was a key piece of information in as many as 75% of wrongful convictions in the United States. Unfortunately, human...

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