Kids More Reliable than Adults #

March 18th, 2008 | In Worth Knowing 

So found Cornell researchers:

This research shows that meaning-based memories are largely responsible for false memories, especially in adult witnesses. Because the ability to extract meaning from experience develops slowly, children are less likely to produce these false memories than adults, and are more likely to give accurate testimony when properly questioned.

(via Boing Boing)

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