The Michigan State University Cognitive Science



|The Michigan State University Cognitive Science Program’s |

|Distinguished Speaker Series presents |

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|Dr. Gary L. Wells |

|Iowa State University |

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|" Mistaken Eyewitness Identification and False Confidence: The Creation of Distorted Retrospective Judgements " |

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|Monday, September 15, 2008 at 5:30 PM |

|in Natural Science Building Room 116 |

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|Gary L. Wells is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University and Director of Social Science at the Institute of Forensic Science |

|and Public Policy in Greensboro, NC. He is an internationally recognized scholar in scientific psychology and his studies of eyewitness memory are |

|widely known and cited. He has authored over 170 articles and chapters and two books. His research, which is funded by the National Science |

|Foundation, focuses on the reliability of eyewitness identification and the validity of procedures used to make such identifications. Wells’ findings|

|have been incorporated into standard textbooks in psychology and law. His research-based proposals on lineup procedures, such as the use of |

|double-blind techniques, are being increasingly accepted in law enforcement practices across the U.S.  His conclusions about eyewitness identification|

|have received national media attention in such places as Time magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times. He has |

|made appearances on CBS’s 48 Hours, the NBC Nightly News, Court TV, and NBC’s Today Show, among others. He was a founding member of the U.S. |

|Department of Justice group that developed the first set of national guidelines for eyewitness evidence and co-chaired the panel that wrote the |

|Justice Department training manual for law enforcement on eyewitness identification evidence. Wells has worked with prosecutors and police across the |

|U.S. to reform eyewitness identification procedures. Wells is a past President of the American Psychology-Law Society and has received Distinguished |

|Contributions awards from the American Psychology-Law Society and the American Psychological Association. In 2008 Wells was awarded an honorary |

|doctorate from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. |

|(More information at ) |

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|Lecture will be open to the public and free of charge |

|Refreshments will be served |

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