Loftus and Palmer Car Crash Experiment
Hi! I was finally able to check out the Loftus and Palmer case (Thank you Kayla!). It's so interesting how reality can be altered of shaped during investigations + its so important that officers take this into account while interrogating suspects! Eye witness testimonies can prove to be one of the most valuable pieces of information a case can have and adding bias to a question can twist someone's perception of their testimony. The Loftus and Palmer experiment proved police could alter someone's memory using words like "hit" or "crash" when asked how fast a car was going during an accident.
Here's the article, please check it out!
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Penny for your thoughts??
If a person’s memory can be unintentionally changed by others, how much responsibility should we place on eyewitnesses when their testimony turns out to be inaccurate? Should they be blamed, or is this simply a limitation of the human brain?