More evidence of unreliability of eyewitness testimony

From Law and Magic Blog:

More evidence, if we needed it, that eyewitness testimony isn't as reliable as we thought. According to scientists at the University of Edinburgh, "[P]eople looking at pictures often failed to detect deliberate alterations, such as objects becoming bigger or disappearing. Professor John Henderson of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences said: 'We think our eyes show us the world in sharp detail all the time, but in fact this is not the case. "Our studies show that our eyes do, in fact, miss a great deal. Our research gives us insight into how people see the world and ultimately how the brain processes information.'" BBC1's program Bang Goes the Theory highlighted the research.