Adults often view child witnesses as more honest than adults. New research in #JARMAC reveals that women are more likely than men to also implicitly associate children with honesty APA Journals Alison O'Connor doi.org/10.1037/mac000…

Not a single reference to the wealth of research on memory distortion!

Last month, Indiana took a pivotal step toward strengthening the integrity of its criminal legal system when Governor Mike Braun signed Senate Bill 141— the state’s first eyewitness identification reform — into law. Read more: innocenceproject.org/news/indiana-p…

The Publication Committee and the Governing Board of Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition are excited to welcome Dr. Melanie Takarangi, Professor at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, as the incoming editor of the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition! bit.ly/4mN6TDm

We had a fantastic time at our Lunch with Experts today! Great discussions, collaborations, and mentorships formed! Thank you to those who joined us! Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition SARMAC 2025

It's been a blast--we can't believe it's the last day of the conference already! Here are some photos from the past few days SARMAC 2025 #sarmac2025. First up, past President Deryn Strange leading an expert witness workshop 🧵

Antonio McDowell becomes 51st man exonerated in wrongful conviction linked to disgraced ex-CPD detective cbsnews.com/chicago/news/a… via @CBSchicago

Here's the first of what promises to be an important series of posts from Dr. Fabiana Alceste of Butler University: What Psychologists Want You to Know About Interrogations | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/interr…

'The difficulty and discomfort associated with receiving feedback is a shared human experience' - we hear from Dr Rob Nash bps.org.uk/psychologist/d…

Alabama ignores hard science, including DNA, and relies on junk science to preserve wrongful convictions. The State is even willing to come up with ridiculous theories to sustain these convictions. even in death cases. Just ask Chris Barbour. al.com/news/2025/06/c…

NEW: In Gutierrez v. Saenz, a case about whether a Texas inmate has standing to sue a district attorney over untested DNA evidence, the court holds that he does.

The 6-3 decision is from Justice Sotomayor. Justice Barrett concurred in part and concurred in the judgment. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch. supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a man on death row can bring a constitutional challenge against a Texas state law on DNA testing. Here's our analysis of the decision: scotusblog.com/2025/06/court-…

Keen to contribute to Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition! Nominations are now open for 5 positions on the Student Caucus! Great opportunity to shape the future of the society and gain leadership experience. For info on the positions see here - sarmac.org/caucus

All NIH-backed research now has to be publicly accessible on the day it's published. No more delays, no more waiting around, no more futzing with DOIs and having to pay journals. It's free.

SARMAC members are hosting an Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology Conference 2026 at University of Plymouth, UK. If you would like to subscribe to the conference newsletter, you can do so here // stats.sender.net/forms/bqxQO0/v…

A good false confession story can win journalism awards. Just ask LA TIMES writers Anita Chabria & jessica garrison Their story on Connie Dahl's false confession just won them the Sigma Delta Chi Award for journalistic excellence. latimes.com/about/pressrel…

Imagining a future choice makes people more like to make the choice down the road, a recent #JARMAC article reported. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-25… Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition American Psychological Association APA Journals

Leftists and conservatives are both prone to conspiracy theories; they just prefer different ones. >0 = more common among conservatives <0 = more common among lefties 0 = equally common on both sides [Link below.]

One week left to nominate yourself for the Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition Student Caucus!