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Study shows children less prone to false memories, implications for eyewitness testimony

Sizeable literature has shown that as we grow into adulthood, our memory accuracy improves. However, psychologists Charles Brainerd and Valerie Reyna of Cornell University believe that adults may have less acurate memories than children under certain circumstances.

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