Cognitive Forensic Sciences - Scienze Cognitive Forensi

Contents Topics that will be considered in the course include: Methods of investigation and historical background What is memory and why do we need it How many kinds of memory Memory Tests and Source Monitoring What influences accuracy and suggestibility in eyewitnesses according to age Line up procedures and a recap on Face recognition - The cross-race effect - The weapon focus effect DRM & GSS Cognitive Interview Autobiographical Memory_Adults Ageing and memory Developmental Age: Memory Development Memory development and child witnessing Child Testimony Child testimony analysis Forgetting

A good knowledge of the English language is required

Baddeley A., Eysenck M. & Anderson M. (2020) Memory. Hove, Psychology Press; Educational materials relating to the topics covered in the teaching and a list of scientific articles will be posted on E-LEARNING.

La modalità di svolgimento delle lezioni (telematica oppure in presenza) sarà decisa in relazione all'evoluzione della situazione di emergenza sanitaria determinata dalla pandemia Covid-19 e comunicata agli studenti per mezzo della bacheca del docente nelle pagine web del Catalogo dei Corsi di Studio di Sapienza Università di Roma.

Non obbligatoria ma fortemente consigliata

Students will be able to apply theories of memory to cases involving the reliability of testimony; students will be able to identify important research methods and paradigms in legal psychology; students will be able to identify important factors related to the reliability of testimony; students will be able to evaluate the reliability of testimony in a particular case; students will be able to discuss and link relevant theories.

La modalità di svolgimento delle lezioni in Sapienza è in presenza. Solo per gli studenti della Zuel University è prevista la modalità online.