Research shows that memory for conversation is poor. People generally remember gist rather than verbatim and recalled memories of specific sentences are reconstructed to reflect gist memories. Memories of specific sentences that are reconstructed from gist memory are almost certainly not accurate. This study explores a case in which the court nevertheless considers verbatim memories to hold more weight than gist memories, despite the science that shows otherwise. It is suggested that greater research be done into how such evidence is dealt with in our courts, and whether juries should be instructed to be wary of verbatim memories for conversation.

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错误的记忆陷阱：审判中的逐字记忆与要点记忆

研究表明，对话记忆力很差。人们通常会记住要点，而不是逐字记录，并且对特定句子的记忆进行了重构以反映要点记忆。从要点记忆中重建的特定句子的记忆几乎可以肯定是不准确的。这项研究探讨了一个案例，尽管科学证明了这一点，法院仍认为逐字记忆比要点记忆具有更大的分量。建议对我们的法院如何处理此类证据以及是否应指示陪审团谨慎对待谈话的逐字记录进行更多的研究。