Trial - Ross Harris #7

[matou]

Wild About Trial ‏@WildAboutTrial 2m2 minutes ago
Day 21 of the #RossHarris #HotCarDeath trial has begun. Watch live and chat here: http://www.wildabouttrial.com/trial_videos/justin-ross-harris-live-stream/ …

 

[JerseyGirl]

Youtube link to Fox 5 Atlanta live stream:

[video=youtube;dg3Er6lsbZM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg3Er6lsbZM[/video]

I'll be updating from tweets here: http://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-ne...rris-murder-trial-nov/0l4xp5rHTnnfVblAWLXaPL/ and here http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/463541811

 

[matou]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg3...=channel:580fb78a-0000-2072-bd17-001a11393854

 

[matou]

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 1m1 minute ago
#RossHarris - First witness today for the defense is Dr. Gene Brewer, memory and attention control. #HotCarDeath

 

[Deleted member 39678]

Yep. The DT is in a tough position. Dr Diamonds testimony strongly emphasizes the totally innocent aspect of the parents, creating them as victims in the ordeal. And the jury wants to hear the innocent parent describe the horrors of what 'happened' to them. FBS can 'happen' to anyone, and the defendant just happens to be one of the victims of the FB Syndrome.

So it is kind of suspect if the 'innocent victim' does not take the stand to explain what happened.

I never thought about until now but this is another reason why the State put the unrelated sex crimes in this trial. To prevent RH from testifying. If he takes the stand the State would cream him about the sexting with minors. JMO

 

[matou]

Did he do any attention tests on RH?

 

[JerseyGirl]

The defense calls Dr. Gene Brewer as its first witness of the day.

He works in psychology at Arizona State University who studies human memory. He got his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia.

Brewer said he studies human cognition – essentially all of our abilities that we use to perceive the world and how we use that information to make decisions, be creative and other uses unique to humans.

At UGA, he was an assistant helping with studies specifically looking at how we use memory for future actions, such as setting and reaching goals.

Brewer said his day-to-day activities involve reading articles related to his field and discussing with students, coming up with new experiments and analyzing the data.

He usually has 20 to 30 people working in his laboratory at any given time. They recruit people to participate in a computerized task, essentially games that measure their memory and attention.

Brewer said his team has received funding for its work from several reputable institutions, including the National Science Foundation. They use money from the foundation to develop strategies to help people remember better.

 

[Jewels53]

All this mumble jumble about forgetting babies in cars, yet we can remember phones, computers, and coffee cups. I just don't buy into this. I will have to rely on what others post. Besides I will be gone most of the day. Carry on!

 

[JerseyGirl]

JRH doesn't have a freaking memory problem. He remembered (after sitting in the car alone with Cooper for 30 seconds after he shut off the engine) to pick up his cup from Chik-Fil-A, his briefcase and locked the door with Cooper trapped inside. So in all that he "forgot" about Cooper?

 

[popsicle]

This guy just comes off as weird. mo

 

[just the facts pls]

JRH doesn't have a freaking memory problem. He remembered (after sitting in the car alone with Cooper for 30 seconds after he shut off the engine) to pick up his cup from Chik-Fil-A, his briefcase and locked the door with Cooper trapped inside. So in all that he "forgot" about Cooper?

Also remember previous witnesses stated that JRH could "remember" how to speak Spanish simply by walking into a restaurant and over time collected an enviable size of pointless facts where he would win Trivial Pursuit with.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Brewer explains the framework of the types of memory he studies.

As a scientist you generally have one or two primary research focus areas, he said.

Brewer studies three topics. The first is working memory – your ability to actively maintain a goal or intention over some period of time in a distraction rich environment.

Secondly, Brewer studies the nature of memory – such as memory from episodes that have happened in your life versus the type of memory that allows you to remember facts, such as 2+2=4.

Lastly, he focuses on “prospective memory.” “How do you rely on past information to think about the future? How do you plan the future and when the future arrives how do you remember what it was you were planning to do,” Brewer said.

 

[matou]

Also, any forgotten routine will have the memory snap back again if there is a change due to a distraction.

 

[matou]

Background noise is not an external distraction. Getting texts is an external distraction.

 

[PaperDoll]

JRH doesn't have a freaking memory problem. He remembered (after sitting in the car alone with Cooper for 30 seconds after he shut off the engine) to pick up his cup from Chik-Fil-A, his briefcase and locked the door with Cooper trapped inside. So in all that he "forgot" about Cooper?

BBM: Agree! he gave details of that morning to LE and yet he couldn't explain why he went straight to work and not the day care. He remembered his day at work and yet didn't mention HD/lightbulbs at lunch, he hesitated, a long hesitation at that, and that was the first time I really noticed any hesitation from Ross when talking to LE.

 

[keeponsearching]

I thought this Dr was smart, but who tries to watch tv while someone is vacuuming...

 

[JerseyGirl]

All RH has to remember these days is "don't drop the soap"

Based on testimony, he likes it.

 

[matou]

Background noise is measuring how acute your senses are and not connected directly to memory. It is not a distraction, it's an environmental condition. This guy is a joke. JMO

 

[GA_Peach]

"Distraction promotes memory failure." That is precisely why JRH should not have been consciously engaging in distracting behavior. This has been studied so the risks should have been known to Ross.

ETA - I hope that on cross the State asks him about the known risks of internal and external distraction. I would then ask his opinion of taking those risks while another person's care has been entrusted to you. Would you consider thst risky behavior?

 

[JerseyGirl]

testimony continued:

“Most of our lives, we’re engaging in just routine behavior,” that we don’t think much about, Brewer said. These are habits like brushing our teeth. If you have a goal counter to your routine behavior, frequently people will lapse into that routine and forget about what they’re pretending to do.

When you’re driving down the road, traffic may not be particularly bad you may have a moment when you think, “What have I been thinking about? What have I been doing?” Brewer said.

Driving is a routine. There’s nothing typically unusual about it unless there’s bad traffic or something out of the ordinary.

When you’re on auto pilot, it’s just mindless driving, Brewer said. “We all engage in mindless behavior.”