Doing Right by the Eyewitness Evidence: A Response to Berkowitz et al.

John T Wixted; Laura Mickes; Chris R Brewin; Bernice Andrews

doi:10.1080/09658211.2021.1940206

Doing Right by the Eyewitness Evidence: A Response to Berkowitz et al.

John T Wixted
, Laura Mickes
, Chris R Brewin
, Bernice Andrews

Bristol Neuroscience

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Abstract

Berkowitz et al. (2020) attribute to us the claim that “confidence trumps all,” and the few out-of-context quotations they selected can certainly be used to create that false impression. However, it is easily disproved, and we do so here. The notion that “confidence trumps all” is the mistake that the jurors made in the DNA exoneration cases, not a position that we have ever advocated.

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Journal	Memory
Early online date	1 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.1940206
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 1 Jul 2021

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