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This document is a page from a court transcript of a summation given by Ms. Menninger on August 10, 2022. She discusses the fallibility of memory, arguing that the accusers' memories could have been influenced by external factors such as talking to lawyers, media, and each other, as well as by the psychological process of autosuggestion. Menninger explains that post-event information and the passage of time can contaminate or distort memories, especially when there is a financial motive like recovering money from lawsuits or a compensation fund.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Menninger |
Mentioned in the header as the speaker giving the summation.
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| the accusers | accuser |
A group of individuals who are the subject of the summation, mentioned as having talked to lawyers, media, and other ...
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| victims' compensation fund | fund |
Mentioned as a means through which the accusers planned to recover money.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
Listed at the bottom of the page, likely the court reporting agency that transcribed the document.
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Timeline (1 events)
Accusers communicated with their lawyers, the media, and each other, which could influence their memories.
Relationships (1)
The document states that 'the accusers talked to their lawyers,' indicating a client-attorney relationship.
Key Quotes (3)
"Basically, when people suggest things to themselves, and then they start to remember things and they start to draw inferences, and then they start to feel as if those things are actual memories."Source
— Ms. Menninger
(Explaining the concept of autosuggestion and how it affects memory.)
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"And post-event information can impact a memory at any one of those stages."Source
— Ms. Menninger
(Describing how external information can alter memories after an event has occurred.)
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"The older a memory gets, the more susceptible it is to post-event information."Source
— Ms. Menninger
(Explaining that the passage of time makes memories more vulnerable to contamination.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 767 Filed 08/10/22 Page 146 of 257
LCKVMAX6 Summation - Ms. Menninger 2980
LCKVMAX6 Summation - Ms. Menninger 2980
1 We know that the accusers talked to their lawyers; we
2 know that many talked to the media; we know that they saw the
3 media; we know that they talked to other accusers; we know that
4 they all had at least a plan of recovering money through their
5 lawsuits and the victims' compensation fund, and that works on
6 your memories.
7 She told you about the three different stages of
8 memories, and that one thing that can happen is what's called
9 autosuggestion. Basically, when people suggest things to
10 themselves, and then they start to remember things and they
11 start to draw inferences, and then they start to feel as if
12 those things are actual memories. But memories come from the
13 acquisition of the event, the retention of the information, and
14 the retrieval. And post-event information can impact a memory
15 at any one of those stages.
16 If you're under the influence of drugs or alcohol at
17 the time you acquire the memory, that affects the quality of
18 the formation of the memory in the first place. The older a
19 memory gets, the more susceptible it is to post-event
20 information. A little bit can come in, the older the memory
21 is, and it can cause a contamination or a distortion or a
22 supplementation. And news media in whatever form can include
23 re-dramatization.
24 Sometimes there's pressure to provide more and more
25 details about some particular subject. I don't know. Like the
2 know that many talked to the media; we know that they saw the
3 media; we know that they talked to other accusers; we know that
4 they all had at least a plan of recovering money through their
5 lawsuits and the victims' compensation fund, and that works on
6 your memories.
7 She told you about the three different stages of
8 memories, and that one thing that can happen is what's called
9 autosuggestion. Basically, when people suggest things to
10 themselves, and then they start to remember things and they
11 start to draw inferences, and then they start to feel as if
12 those things are actual memories. But memories come from the
13 acquisition of the event, the retention of the information, and
14 the retrieval. And post-event information can impact a memory
15 at any one of those stages.
16 If you're under the influence of drugs or alcohol at
17 the time you acquire the memory, that affects the quality of
18 the formation of the memory in the first place. The older a
19 memory gets, the more susceptible it is to post-event
20 information. A little bit can come in, the older the memory
21 is, and it can cause a contamination or a distortion or a
22 supplementation. And news media in whatever form can include
23 re-dramatization.
24 Sometimes there's pressure to provide more and more
25 details about some particular subject. I don't know. Like the
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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