Memory does not work like a filing cabinet, a computer hard drive or a video recorder. Memory is fallible and reconstructive.
In the UK and elsewhere historic sex allegations can date back 10, 20, 30, 40 years and beyond.
From the article:
If Lay decision makers, mental health professionals, misunderstand, misinterpret, or hold personal beliefs about memory storage, stability and retrieval, that conflict with mainstream scientific thinking, serious harm to the public and flawed justice may result.
Better training and education about the function of human memory are essential in correcting flawed beliefs which, in the extreme, can lead to miscarriages of justice.
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