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Memory and Learning · Brain

Why is eyewitness testimony unreliable?

Not one store — several, working differently.

The simple answer

Long-term memory isn't a single filing cabinet. Remembering a fact, remembering last Tuesday, and knowing how to ride a bike are handled by different systems that can fail independently.

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