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Insights and strategies. Psychology, law, lies and false memories / Seven Dimensions.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Psychological aspects.
- Law.
- Memory.
- Genre:
- Instructional films.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (17 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Psychology, law, lies and false memories
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne, Victoria : Seven Dimensions, 2019.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Eyewitness testimony and its veracity present problems for juries and judges, according to the University of California's Dr Elizabeth Loftus. She tells Eve Ash that this intersection of psychology and law has revealed that the more confident a witness, the more they are believed even if their memories are mistaken. More than 300 people, such as Steven Titus (misidentified as a rapist) have been convicted through faulty or false memories. The problem is compounded when zealous detective coach witnesses, or when false and distorted memories are "implanted". People sometimes cling to a mistaken belief, even when the evidence shows they are wrong.
- Participant:
- Eve Ash, interviewer ; Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, interviewee.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed February 18, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1144802639
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