Excerpt: Some researchers... are increasingly questioning the way that the police, lawyers and the courts think about memory. They argue that this conventional model of memory – like a detailed photograph or video film – is fundamentally flawed.
One of the most prominent of these researchers, Prof Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California at Irvine, even says that courts should have a new oath for witnesses: "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, or whatever it is you think you remember?" Memory research Now Prof Martin Conway, a cognitive psychologist at Leeds University, has drawn up a report for the British Psychological Society and the Law Society calling for a major rethink of memory and the law. He suggests his guidelines will help scientists who specialise in memory research when they testify as expert witnesses to help the courts assess the evidence. [...] What do you remember? By Rebecca Fordham Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:48 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7457653.stm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
