There is a rudimentary notion that memory can store an exact copy of information like a video camera and it could be easily and precisely recalled at a persons will. Cortical processes could distort memory as the cortical network that capitalizes on such contextual information is suggested to connect the portrayal of related objects such that visually perceiving an object will activate the visual representations of related objects. For example when one sees a fork they would link it unintentionally to a spoon. Another assumption is that childhood traumatic memories are reliable, which has swayed authorities and jurors over the years. It is difficult for children under the age of eight or nine to have a vivid recollection of events but rather
