Loftus and Palmer / Valentine and Mesout / Bradbury and Williams / Howells et al.
Criminological contemporary studies
Real World
Valentine and Mesout (2009) tested visitors to the London Dungeon — a naturally frightening environment — finding that high-anxiety participants were significantly less accurate at identifying the 'scary actor' in a line-up, demonstrating stress impairs EWT in ecologically valid conditions.
Exam Focus
Know which contemporary study links to which classic study (e.g. Valentine & Mesout extends Loftus's weapon-focus work) to score context marks.
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