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Which would you rather have? A kid with obesity, heart problems, shortened lifespan, diabetes -- or maybe a little bit of false memory?

— Elizabeth Loftus Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn't (2013)

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In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened.

Eyewitness Testimony (1979)

To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.

Eyewitness Testimony (1979)

The results were clear: the new environment inhibited recognition.

Eyewitness Testimony (1979)

The problem is clear: the unreliability of eyewitness identification evidence poses one of the most serious problems in the administration of criminal justice and civil litigation.

Eyewitness Testimony (1979)

Memory works like a Wikipedia page: You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.

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In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important a function as recollecting.

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