“Ah Yes, I Remember It Well”: Why the Inherent Unreliability of Human Memory Makes Brain Imaging Technology a Poor Measure of Truth-Telling in the Courtroom

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Date

2016-05-09

Authors

Bard, Jennifer S.

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Publisher

University of Oregon School of Law

Abstract

This Article demonstrates why efforts to develop brain imaging technology that will enhance the human ability to detect deliberate deception are doomed to failure because they are based on false assumptions about how our brains perceive and store information.

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64 pages

Keywords

Memory

Citation

94 OR. L. REV. 295