Gemma Spike
speaker
12,680 appearances
27 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5d ago
Gemma Spike’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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All because somebody had used one single word that skewed how they consolidated and remembered something.
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Memory is incredibly social and it doesn't take much from other people, either deliberately or accidentally, to change how we perceive our own memories.
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So, I mentioned the criminal justice system before.
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What do false memories have to do with the law?
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Turns out, a whole lot.
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Most false memories are pretty mundane.
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You know, you remember putting your keys on the table, they're actually in your coat.
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You think that you replied to that person, you didn't, you accidentally just typed out the message.
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You know, you and your cousin can't remember who got what present for Christmas in, you know, 2005.
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But when someone has committed a crime or has been accused of a crime, the stakes are much higher.
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Eyewitness testimonies carry significant weight in legal settings, but those testimonies are shaped by the same reconstructive processes that affect all memory.
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Eyewitnesses are often asked to recall events that were really stressful, confusing, happened under poor light from a distance, they were very quick, they maybe didn't see complete accurate situation unfold.
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These conditions can limit how much accurate detail is encoded in the first place.
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But also when you have a police officer or a lawyer or a judge asking you to remember something accurately, saying, well, that sounds about right.
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No, that doesn't sound right.
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Who is exposing you to other information and saying it all comes down to you.
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You know, you better get this right.
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It's hard for our memories to not be reconstructed in a way that fits what somebody else wants from you and is telling you, even if you don't consciously realize it.
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False memories are widely considered to be one of the most significant sources of error in the justice system.
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According to data from the Innocent Project in the United States, eyewitness misidentification has played a role in 69% of wrongful convictions that were later overturned by DNA evidence, including death penalty cases.
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