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Podcast: Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness
Episode: Can You Really Believe Your Eyes? - Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites Podcast
Description: Murder mysteries in books and on screen are often solved when an eyewitness points at a person and cries, “That’s the murderer!!” Yet the number of convictions overturned once DNA evidence became available is staggering, and points to a truth about people, their brains, and what they say they see.
A person’s own life experiences, level of self-confidence, the level of self-confidence of other witnesses, the conversation with authorities before the line-up, and the amount of time that has passed since the event in question all plays in to whether the identification will actually be reliable...