Forensic Psychology

She shifted from laboratory work to using "real world" situations of criminal court cases.

After witnessing a crime or accident there may be opportunities for witnesses to interact and share information.

It was first developed by Elizabeth Loftus and her undergraduate student Jim Coan, as support for the thesis that it is possible to implant entirely false memories in people.

In the field of forensic psychology, researchers have validated the weapon focus effect and shown that a witness will remember less about a crime, or the perpetrator of a crime, when a weapon is present, as opposed to if the weapon is not present at an identical crime.

Hugo Münsterberg (; German: [ˈmʏnstɐbɛʁk]; June 1, 1863 - December 16, 1916) was a German-American psychologist.

In psychology and psychiatry, acting out is the expression of one's emotion by physical movement, especially ones perceived as socially inappropriate or anti-social.

Ganser syndrome is a rare dissociative disorder characterized by nonsensical or wrong answers to questions and other dissociative symptoms such as fugue, amnesia or conversion disorder, often with visual pseudohallucinations and a decreased state of consciousness.

Factitious disorder imposed on self (FDIS), commonly called Munchausen syndrome, is a complex mental disorder in which an individual imitates symptoms of illness in order to elicit attention, sympathy, or physical care.

Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII) or medical child abuse, and originally named Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) after Munchausen syndrome, are terms used to describe a situation in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in another person.

Malingering is the intentional fabrication, feigning, or exaggeration of physical or psychological symptoms to obtain an external benefit, such as personal gain, relief from duty or work, avoidance of arrest, acquisition of medication, or mitigation of criminal sentencing.

David Victor Canter (born 5 January 1944) is a British psychologist known for his contributions to environmental psychology, behaviour in emergencies, forensic psychology, and investigative psychology.

Ronald Roesch (born 1947) is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.

Amina Memon (born 1961) is a social and cognitive psychologist, academic, and author.

Gísli Hannes Guðjónsson, CBE (born 26 October 1947) is an Icelandic-British academic, educator, forensic psychologist and former detective.

He is a board-certified forensic psychologist, worked as a senior consultant to the U.S.