How psychology affects police investigation

This site has 7 brief videos that explain how the brain and human psychology affect perception and memory, leading to such problems as tunnel vision, confirmation bias, and false confessions. Produced by the Innocence Project in cooperation with IACP, the videos feature noted scientists and expert practitioners. For police, “The films are not intended to serve as an entire training but rather as a tool to demonstrate these phenomena in the context of a larger training session.”

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