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Just Say You’re Sorry | 4. Memory, Taste and Odor

The Binge Cases: Catch Me If You Ken

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The Neuroscience of Memory

Both Axe and Driscoll have traumatic episodes in the military before they confess to Holland. Some psychologists have told me that past trauma might raise the risk of a false confession. In the Driscoll case, he had asked a witness to concentrate on the five senses in his memories, hoping to unlock something new. It's part of a technique called the cognitive interview,. The same one that Holland used on Michael Harden in episode two.

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