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The Pros And Cons Of Loftus And Palmer

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Loftus and Palmer believe that there are only two kinds of information that form memories: information about the event and information after the event. This may be an incomplete account of the information that goes into creating memories, as they have not considered pre-event information, which may affect how individuals process the information of the event and the information after an event. The main strength of Loftus' argument is its wider implications. Based on evidence like that of Loftus's, the Devlin Report (1976) recommended that the trial judge is required to instruct the jury that it is not safe to convict on a single eyewitness testimony alone, except in exceptional circumstances or when there is substantial corroborative evidence.
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