Article Review of Memory Faults and Fixes

Article Review of Memory Faults and Fixes

Introduction

The article discusses the need to focus on issues about overturned convictions in the courts in the light of a growing body of research about human memory distortions which may affect witness account of what they saw or experience. Impossibility of telling the difference between a real memory and one that is a product of imagination or some other process; Information on memory distortion; Emphasis on imagination.

Development

Throughout the last two decades, courtrooms have been deluged with litigation regarding allegations of repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse, leading to considerable ...