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The new science of eyewitness memory

John Wixted · TED

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We've built a legal system that distrusts eyewitness memory — backed by cautionary science and high-profile exonerations. John Wixted, a leading psychology researcher, challenges this conventional wisdom with a counterintuitive finding: the problem might not be memory itself but how (and when) courts test it.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxUCSanDiego
Speaker
John Wixted
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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