Post-event discussion: AO3

• Strength: Real-world application

  What? Practical use in the criminal justice system

  Who? Loftus - psychologists can explain limits of EWT to juries

  Why? Can help improve the legal system
• Counterpoint: Real-world application


  What? Issues with research

  Who? Loftus and Palmer - Lab; less mundane realism + Foster et al. - no consequences for participants in lab so less motivation

  Why? Research too pessimistic
• Limitation: Evidence against substitution

  What? More accurate for some aspects than others

  Who? Sutherland and Hayne - recall more accurate for central details than peripheral ones

  Why? Original memories for central details survived, contrasting substitution explanation
• Limitation: Evidence against memory conformity

  What? Post-event discussion alters EWT

  Who? Skagerberg and Wright - watched video clips (Two versions); discussion in pairs & reported a blend of both videos

  Why? Memory distorted through contamination, not memory conformity