information such as what the suspect looks like a suspect. and then was. in effect on the brain doesn't have time to save everything when we're processing data our consciousness and our experiences. prejudices intervened quickly yes and still in one video the perpetrator is a woman. but some witnesses said afterward it was a man. so people can even make mistakes about gender and skin color. the witnesses' memories spontaneously replaced missing data with information that made sense to them and corresponded to their experience witness statements are always subjective yet they are a key part of the judicial system. do we have no other choice but to accept the imperfections of our memories the parts that