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Scott Fraser: Why eyewitnesses get it wrong

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Scott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes -- and bear witness to them. In this powerful talk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests that even close-up eyewitnesses to a crime can create "memories" they could not have seen. Why? Because the brain abhors a vacuum.

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, crime, global issues, government, law, memory, mind, prison, science, TEDxUSC, 2012

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