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Is Memory Reliable?

Our memories aren't as reliable, which has important implications for eyewitness accounts.

Aired 11/23/2022

QED With Dr. B

Is Memory Reliable?

Clip: Season 2 Episode 5 | 6m 3sVideo has Closed Captions

Our memories aren't as reliable, which has important implications for eyewitness accounts.

Dr. Gary Wells, Distinguished Professor of Experimental Social Psychology at Iowa State University, explains that our memories are not as reliable as we may think, which has important implications for eyewitness identification. Knowing this, his team has developed a protocol to improve the reliability of eyewitness evidence.

Aired 11/23/2022

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QED With Dr. B is a local public television program presented by WOSU

Support for QED with Dr. B is provided by Battelle, American Electric Power Foundation, Bath & Body Works Foundation, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and William and Diane Dawson Foundation.

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