Eyewitnesses’ memories darken skin color
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 16:40
in Psychology & Sociology
Eyewitnesses remember the faces of black suspects less accurately in drive-by shootings than they do in serial killings. Their memories are further skewed when the victims are women or white males, psychology researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have found. “What this study shows is that the memory of an eyewitness is heavily influenced by the […]