29 May 2026
Nature staff discuss memory in the legal system plus the benefits of Registered Reports.
By
Shamini Bundell &
Elizabeth Gibney
Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory — according to science
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TL;DRAI
Nature's May 29 briefing covers two topics: new science showing confidence levels matter in eyewitness line-up identifications, and the journal's expansion of Registered Reports — pre-results peer review — to all its published fields. For tech teams citing academic research to back AI, behavioral, or health claims, the Registered Reports model reduces publication bias and raises the evidentiary bar.
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