1. seeing a video of the bus exploding in the 2005 terrorist attacks in London.
2. Seeing a white van or truck leaving several of the crime scenes during sniper attacks in Washington DC area in 2002.
3. Seeing video footage of the moment Princess Diana's car crashed.
3.
1 F - Even in these days of DNA tests and other forensic techniques, witness testimony still plays an important part in court cases.
2 F - Forty percent of people claimed to have seen this nonexistent footage BUT some even went on to describe what happened in vivid detail (i.e. some of the forty percent).
3 T - But what Ost's study clearly demonstrates is just how easily influenced our memories are.
4 T - In many cases, an unreliable memory is not a problem. It just means we forget to send a birthday card...
5 T - in 1998, an American study calculated that in ninety-five percent of felony cases - the more serious crimes - witness evidence (people's memories) was the only evidence heard in court..
6 F - witnesses reported seeing a white van or truck fleeing several of the crime scenes.
7 T - In twenty percent of cases they pointed to a volunteer.
8 F - Our memories may be poor and are usually fragmented. A good example is how in car crashes....
C.
2. It could well be a mental image of a red double-decker bus in Tavistock Square with its (red double.-decker bus
3. Do you remember seeing a video of the bus ) roof ripped off by the force of the explosion.(red double.-decker bus) exploiding?
4. But what about CCTV footage? What can you see in that (CCTV footage) video?
5. Well, the truth is, you shouldn't be able to see anything in your mind's eye because such CCTV footage simple doesn't exist.
6. Many of us think we have a good memory. After all, it's (a good memory) got us through the occasional exam.
7. In many cases, an unreliable memory is not a problem. It (an unreliable memory) just means we forget.
8. When they were caught, the sniper suspects were actually driving a blue car.