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The Wixted Memory lab is directed by Dr. John Wixted, based in the department of Psychology at UC San Diego. .

Dr. Wixted's research is concerned with the understanding of episodic memory. Much of his work investigates the cognitive mechanisms that underlie recognition memory, often using signal detection theory as a guide. A related line of research investigates how episodic memory is represented in the human hippocampus, work that is based mainly on single-unit recording studies performed with epilepsy patients. In recent years, his research has also investigated the applied implications of signal detection-based models of recognition memory. The main focus of this line of research is on the reliability of eyewitness memory.
Here is a link to the 2014 National Research Council report on eyewitness identification, which (1) endorsed ROC analysis and (2) did not recommend sequential lineups over simultaneous lineups. And here is a link to a 2016 report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which recently dropped its longstanding support for the sequential lineup procedure.

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