Memory and law: what can cognitive neuroscience contribute?
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A recent decision in the United States by the New Jersey Supreme Court has led to improved jury instructions that incorporate psychological research showing that memory does not operate like a video recording. Here we consider how cognitive neuroscience could contribute to addressing memory in the courtroom. We discuss conditions in which neuroimaging can distinguish true and false memories in the laboratory and note reasons to be skeptical about its use in courtroom cases. We also discuss neuroscience research concerning false and imagined memories, misinformation effects and reconsolidation phenomena that may enhance understanding of why memory does not operate like a video recording.
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The current study reveals neural mechanisms that support the formation of false memories for naturalistic events experienced in a real-world setting.
“The current study reveals neural mechanisms that support the formation of false memories for naturalistic events experienced in a real-world setting, which has important implications for eyewitness memory and the law (92, 93).”
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- Authors
- Schacter, D. L., & Loftus, E. F.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schacter, Daniel L
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2013-01-28
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 119-123
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- OpenAlex
- W2011120393
- Cited by
- 188
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 8.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- nrs.harvard.edu
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Social Sciences › Law › Jury Decision Making Processes
- Keywords
- jury instructions, false memory, neuroimaging of memory, misinformation effect, memory reconsolidation, eyewitness memory
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Cognition, Humans, Memory, Neurosciences, Research
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