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Can we trust eyewitness memory after all? It’s complicated. | John Wixted | TEDxUCSanDiego
TEDx Talks· 2025-11-14 18:00
Imagine [Applause] for a moment that you're absolutely certain about the person you saw commit a crime. You're so confident you'd be willing to testify about it under oath in a court of law. Your memory is strong, crystal clear, absolutely unshakable.But now imagine that that same memory, though it feels 100% true, is actually false and could send an innocent person to prison, maybe even to death row. This is the complex and sometimes heartbreaking world of eyewitness memory. But for decades, we've been tel ...