The brain is one of the most powerful tools the human body possesses. Memory is an everyday use; it can be triggered through senses or even by reading a book, but the brain can repress memories. The mind can push a memory to an area of inaccessible corner of the brain causing it to be unconscious, which can later be accessible. Having repressed memory victims has become a controversy in Georgia. The human brain relies on stored knowledge. What happens when the brain can’t recover that memory but later does, some may question is this valid memory? When retrieving information in the brain, first the synapse does “A search through the memory would be made to locate stored data that correlates with or relates to the prompt input”
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Repressed memories are memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to the memory being associated with a high level of stress or trauma. Which will be considered as a false memory. Most cases that have developed a debate is traumatic experiences. However, having repressed memory victims has become a controversy in Georgia. Due to court cases. The length of time that has elapsed between the alleged crime and the trial, memories can fade and witnesses, records, and any evidence that might have been available can be lost. How are jurors and judges likely to react to these repressed memory claims? Repression and dissociation along with the impact of traumatizing events has on the encoding of memory. During a traumatizing event, the brain has an impressive way to repress a memory. On the other hand, before certain technologies were invented there were wrongful convictions based on memory. Targeting Georgia there has been twenty people wrongfully convicted based on the false identification on eye witnesses. “Georgia can implement reforms that will help prevent such tragedies and improve the fairness and accuracy of its criminal justice system” (John Toranzo). Georgia has an ornery way of having key witnesses but not enough scientific evidence to
Repressed memories are memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to the memory being associated with a high level of stress or trauma. Which will be considered as a false memory. Most cases that have developed a debate is traumatic experiences. However, having repressed memory victims has become a controversy in Georgia. Due to court cases. The length of time that has elapsed between the alleged crime and the trial, memories can fade and witnesses, records, and any evidence that might have been available can be lost. How are jurors and judges likely to react to these repressed memory claims? Repression and dissociation along with the impact of traumatizing events has on the encoding of memory. During a traumatizing event, the brain has an impressive way to repress a memory. On the other hand, before certain technologies were invented there were wrongful convictions based on memory. Targeting Georgia there has been twenty people wrongfully convicted based on the false identification on eye witnesses. “Georgia can implement reforms that will help prevent such tragedies and improve the fairness and accuracy of its criminal justice system” (John Toranzo). Georgia has an ornery way of having key witnesses but not enough scientific evidence to