This chapter explores the unreliability of eyewitness testimony, discussing how memories can be completely wrong and sharing a personal story of wrongful identification. It also highlights the flaws of eyewitness testimony through a demonstration in a class.
What unknown frontiers reside inside the human brain? Dr. David Eagleman, host of the original iHeart podcast Inner Cosmos, helps us chart a course here!
What We Discuss with David Eagleman:
- The reason we might view particularly intense situations in slow motion.
- The phenomenon of synesthesia: why some people hear colors and taste sounds.
- How close we are to being able to add new senses to our brains and bodies.
- The new hope neuroscience technology gives to people affected by spinal cord injuries.
- Why blind people often excel as musicians.
- And much more...
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