Baby baby Jane
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State is unleashed!
Yes, she might have something meaningful to say about the accuracy of witness recall.. Why two witnesses would remember the same event differently, for example. She has nothing to add to account for MT lying about what she did and didn't do relative to a crime in which she actively participated. This isn't about witnesses! It's about a defendant engaged in deception.Personally, I think some of this memory stuff is fascinating - the things that can impact memory or change memory or introduce inaccurate memory.
But, I don't think it belongs in a courtroom as expert scientific testimony any more than the testimony of a psychic would. The boundaries around it are simply too soft and permeable.
I have a pretty significant background in psychology but do not practice. All the studies etc are not new but yes interesting. In order to apply any of it to this case we would need to bypass generalities and even then it’s not black and white. Just because X happens in a certain percent of people does not mean it applies to Michelle or you or me.Personally, I think some of this memory stuff is fascinating - the things that can impact memory or change memory or introduce inaccurate memory.
But, I don't think it belongs in a courtroom as expert scientific testimony any more than the testimony of a psychic would. The boundaries around it are simply too soft and permeable.
Yes, exactly. If I am a juror, having listened and observed over the course of several weeks and beginning to develop opinions about the reliability of THIS defendant's spoken words and the motivations involved given the totality of all I have yet been introduced to... there is very little of Dr. Loftus' testimony that I can make use of. It seems to me that the broad generalities she offers about memory are likely generalities that most individual jurors have already incorporated into their own understanding of memory from those sources they have encountered in everyday life.Yes, she might have something meaningful to say about the accuracy of witness recall.. Why two witnesses would remember the same event differently, for example. She has nothing to add to account for MT lying about what she did and didn't do relative to a crime in which she actively participated. This isn't about witnesses! It's about a defendant engaged in deception.