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Eyewitness memory poor in highly intense and stressful situations

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
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Eyewitness memory poor in highly intense and stressful situations
The ability to recognize persons encountered during highly threatening and stressful events is poor in the majority of individuals, according to a Yale researcher.

“Contrary to the popular conception that most people would never forget the face of a clearly seen individual who had physically confronted them and threatened them for more than 30 minutes, a large number of subjects in this study were unable to correctly identify their perpetrator,” said Charles Morgan III, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine.


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 3 Jun 2004
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Grohol, J. (2004). Eyewitness memory poor in highly intense and stressful situations. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2004/06/03/eyewitness-memory-poor-in-highly-intense-and-stressful-situations/

 

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