Give people a selection of childhood memories, three of which are true and one is false(the experimenters collaborate with parent), and many subject will come to believe, quite strongly, that all were genuine experiences. "you can convince adult volunteers that they were lost in a shopping mall as a child even though parents confirm that such an event never took place," he say
so how can the police get the best out of eyewitnesses? wright says that the best cases are where observers have been able to watch a culprit for a while rather than seeing them for a fleeting moment. all interviews should be conduckted as soon as possible, with witnessess freely recalling what happened and not subjected to leading questions.
"if you give memory too much of a helping hand, memories will appear, whether they are true or not" Wright says