Investigative Interviewing Research Laboratory

Research in the News

Below is a listing of news articles in which our research has been discussed. Reporters interested in our laboratory research should contact Dr. Meissner via email to: cmeissner@utep.edu.

Christian Science Monitor (2/06/2007): The police lineup is becoming suspect practice by Patrik Jonsson

Psychology Today (12/1/2006): Limits to lineups: Why we're twice as likely to misidentify a face of another race by
                                                            Michael Salfino.

Journal Inquirer (7/21/2006): Are some wrongful convictions inevitable? Experts don't see police errors in
                                                        Tillman case, written by Alex Wood.

Philadelphia Inquirer (5/22/2006): Eyewitness' blind spot, written by Tom Avril.

Miami Herald (4/30/2006): "Those people" can't tell you apart, either, written by Iris Kuo.

Houston Chronicle (12/26/2005): Eyewitnesses -- not always infallible, written by Janet Elliott.

Scientific American Mind (6/1/2005): True crimes, false confessions by Saul Kassin & Gisli Gudjonsson.

The Star (8/10/2003): Why they lie and confess, written by Tracey Tyler.

Boston Globe (5/13/2003): Brain has a way of distorting memories, written by Carey Goldberg.

Science News (4/19/2003): Words get in the way, written by Bruce Bower.

USA Today (11/26/2002): Police lineups encourage wrong picks, experts say, written by Richard Willing.