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Re: [Phys-l] Memory and how it works



Not with this article, before any self-repecting judge who would sustain a hearsay objection to such testimony.
Regards,
Jack

"Trust me. I have a lot of experience at this."
General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

This is "in the news". Defense attorneys now can contest eye witness
testimony scientifically.

bc

This is old:

http://agora.stanford.edu/sjls/Issue%20One/fisher&tversky.htm

IIRC, this is the subject of a current (or very recent) article in
the NYer.


On 2009, Sep 30, , at 09:54, John Clement wrote:


At one time I questioned whether a particular person accurately
remembered
something that was said in a lecture. So a bit of information
about memory
might help people understand what actually goes on in your memory.

Here is an article from Discover that might be helpful to one and
all on
this topic. It may also help some understand why some pedagogies work
better than others.

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/03-how-much-of-your-memory-
is-true

John M. Clement
Houston, TX


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