Is Significant Significant? Improving Practical Inferences of Eyewitness Memory Research using the Smallest Effect Size of Interest KU Leuven
Memory scientists sometimes provide expert testimony in the courtroom about whether eyewitness statements accurately reflect what truly transpired. Assessing the accurateness of such statements is crucial as testimonial errors can lead to severe consequences such as false accusations and wrongful convictions. However, when can memory scientists confidently say which factors undermine memory-based statements and recommend that such testimonies ...