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The way our brain works is why eyewitness testimony can be unreliable 🧠 Psychologist Chris French explains how this is related to top-down processing, where the brain uses prior knowledge to interpret new sensory information. Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=i8mjM3PB_Tk
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