Why eyewitnesses fail | Thomas Albright | TEDxSanDiego

Trials often rely on eyewitness testimony, but the problem is that eyewitnesses are often wrong. Human vision isn’t perfect, our memory is fallible and the criminal justice system can bias testimony by tricking the brain into a false sense of certainty. As a result, innocent people are imprisoned, actual perpetrators go free and the public loses confidence in our criminal justice system.
Thomas Albright is a Professor and Conrad T. Prebys Chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. As an authority on the brain bases of visual perception, visual memory and visually guided behavior, he is known for his pioneering research on the role of context in visual information processing. His work is characterized by an effort to understand how the visual system operates under sensory conditions and behavioral demands that approximate the richness of normal perceptual experience.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@notsmoked]

Teachers be giving us this

[@fansans123]

forensics science teacher?

[@k35856]

@@fansans123 i know what school you go to lmao

[@Ant_0309]

yep

[@austinroch4631]

I'm doing this in class rn lmao

[@fighterx2599]

Yeah me and my class mates are working on this for our forensics

[@void1586]

Homework be like

[@SpencersCouch]

Homework am I right or what?!

[@arhanya8552]

This talk deserves far more views.

[@myt90]

What an awesome view of this subject.

[@slovokia]

If a person must choose between a truth that isn’t comforting versus an untrue story that is comforting, I think they will pick the story unless there are mechanisms that discipline their decision making. When it comes to politics the best storytellers often win regardless of what the actual truth is.

[@danwood4441]

close your eyes and tell me that isn't nicholas cage talking

[@austinroch4631]

you right

[@alexlassila271]

Oh damn you right

[@brycesenior2238]

Is that Che resource of the uncertainty slide available anywhere on the web

[@M_A_R_I_A_M399_5]

Excellent

[@pillsburybuffboy2916]

Thomas looks like Nick Cage's older, sadder brother

[@the_plantagenet]

Close your eyes and listen, it's Nick Cage's vocal twin!

[@sabujchakrabortyofficial]

Love you man

[@mayamaayani45]

How did they find that the guy was not guilty? (Homework question XD)

[@farwazahra3516]

because aughhh

[@teov3420]

Nick Cage!

[@4Jinz]

why did my teacher give us this 😪

[@alexstrickix5764]

lol same

[@jamespollock11]

So you can get on the short bus?

[@ottgov4880]

Me too

[@tykins9969]

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[@lucyanne3931]

Love that he said "unholy trinity" because instead of seeing Che I actually saw Jesus

[@jamespollock11]

Che? That's Rasputin

[@cptnix]

Anyone believing in Mandela effects like Shazaam need to hear this

[@theraiden1018]

So what about if dozens of people witness the same thing? We just discredit them too because it doesn’t fit the narrative?

[@acornboi420]

No you muppet it's about not putting too much emphasis on eye witnesses accounts, not discrediting them outright, only criticising peoples blind trust in them

[@h2832]

no, you just should have more than an eye witness testimony. There is enough in this video and other research online to prove that you should not solely rely on an eye witness testimony.

[@fansans123]

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