Stressed for success? How acute stress affects eyewitness memory
Reports provided by eyewitnesses can be critical for police investigations, particularly when other evidence is limited. But how might the stress that people feel during the crime affect their memories?
What happens during EMDR therapy, does not (always) stay in EMDR therapy
For therapeutic settings, memory distortion(s) due to eye movements might not be an important question, because the main aim of therapy is to help the patient’s mental health. However, EMDR-therapists work with autobiographical memory. It is therefore important that they are aware of the reconstructive nature of memory.