%0 Journal Article
%T Fuzzy
%A C. J. Brainerd
%A Valerie F. Reyna
%J Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences
%@ 2372-7330
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2372732218797143
%X Fuzzy-trace theory (FTT) provides well-researched scientific principles that explain worrisome forms of false memory in the law. False memories are of great legal concern because memory reports are frequently the evidence that determines guilt/innocence and are sometimes the only evidence that crimes have been committed. FTT¡¯s principles reveal errors in commonsense theories that jurors use to judge the credibility of witnesses¡¯ memory reports. This science versus commonsense disconnect is salient in cases involving child witnesses, eyewitness identifications, and confessions. The consequences of this disconnect for justice could be ameliorated by a simple change in federal rules of evidence
%K false memory
%K fuzzy-trace theory
%K child witness
%K eyewitness
%K confessions
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2372732218797143