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Memory Fails You After Severe Stress, NewScientist
 









Excerpts: People are woefully bad at recalling details of their own traumatic
experiences. When military personnel were subjected to threatening behaviour
during mock interrogations, most failed to identify the questioner a day or so
later, and many even got the gender wrong.

The finding casts serious doubt on the reliability of victim testimonies in
cases involving psychological trauma.

Numerous studies have questioned the accuracy of recall of traumatic events,
(...). Other studies have suggested that intense, personal experiences might
produce near photographic recollection, (...).
Source: Memory Fails You After Severe Stress[
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995089 ], New Scientist

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