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This court transcript page from August 10, 2022, details the testimony of a witness named Loftus on the subject of memory. Loftus explains that while traumatic experiences can create strong memories of core events, they are susceptible to distortion from post-event suggestion. The witness also clarifies that a person's confidence in their memory is a reliable indicator of accuracy only under 'pristine' conditions, free from suggestion over a short period of time.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Loftus | Witness |
Mentioned in the header as the person under direct examination and provides the answers (A.) in the testimony regardi...
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| MS. POMERANTZ | Attorney (implied) |
Makes an objection to a question asked by the examiner.
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| THE COURT | Judge (implied) |
Sustains the objection made by Ms. Pomerantz.
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Organizations (1)
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Listed at the bottom of the page as the court reporting service.
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Timeline (3 events)
2022-08-10
Direct examination of witness Loftus regarding the nature of memory, trauma, and confidence.
Courtroom (implied)
A plane crash is used as an example of a traumatic event where the core details might be remembered.
A warehouse fire is used as an example of a traumatic event, contrasted with a plane crash.
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Mentioned in a question regarding the ability to prove if someone has an actual memory.
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Relationships (2)
MS. POMERANTZ makes a legal objection, and THE COURT rules on it, demonstrating their respective roles in a court proceeding.
The unnamed questioner is conducting a direct examination of the witness, Loftus, by asking questions (Q.) which Loftus answers (A.).
Key Quotes (2)
"Traumatic experiences compared to maybe more neutral ones might be associated with certainly remembering, you know, the core of what happened... but even traumatic experiences can be subjected to post-event suggestion that can exaggerate or distort or change the memory."Source
— Loftus
(Answering a question about whether trauma makes a memory more reliable.)
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"And one of the things we know is if the conditions are very pristine, not a lot of -- not a lot of suggestion, not a long period of time, they're a fair test, people are more accurate when they're confident than when they're not confident."Source
— Loftus
(Explaining the relationship between the confidence of a memory and its accuracy.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 761 Filed 08/10/22 Page 134 of 246 2429
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Loftus - direct
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Loftus - direct
1 Q. Outside of the laboratory, is there any way of proving that
2 someone has an actual memory?
3 MS. POMERANTZ: Objection.
4 THE COURT: Sustained.
5 Q. Does an experience that may contain some trauma make a
6 memory more reliable than one that does not?
7 A. Traumatic experiences compared to maybe more neutral ones
8 might be associated with certainly remembering, you know, the
9 core of what happened. You know that what you saw was a plane
10 crash and not a warehouse fire and maybe some core details, but
11 even traumatic experiences can be subjected to post-event
12 suggestion that can exaggerate or distort or change the memory.
13 Q. In the course of your research and experience, have you
14 done any experiments that have studied the confidence of
15 memory?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. Can you please explain that to the jury.
18 A. Oftentimes, at retrieval, when somebody is answering a
19 question or reporting on what they remember from an event, they
20 might be asked to express the level of confidence, you know,
21 I'm pretty sure it happened, I'm very sure or what have you.
22 And one of the things we know is if the conditions are very
23 pristine, not a lot of -- not a lot of suggestion, not a long
24 period of time, they're a fair test, people are more accurate
25 when they're confident than when they're not confident. But
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