The Malleability of Memory
Neuronarrative has a write up on a study that goes a long way towards confirming what is often suspected about plaintiffs' exposure testimony in latent disease cases - that showing people pictures of the activity being considered causes them to subsequently remember things that never happened. But how else would you explain the testimony of a witness who swears he used Acme Asbestos Widgets in 1955 on the XYZ jobsite but can't recall for the same year where he lived, his phone number, the brand of toothpaste he used or, in one case, the name of his then wife?
