if you start to give greater detail as time goes on—away from the incident—you are lying... people give greater detail in the beginning...
Very good point
And the information is more accurate.
Social pressures tend to influence what we actually have seen, especially as time goes on.
Further from the first interview , much information is added upon by social pressure,
and what we heard from others , and we tend to fill in-the-blanks through other secondary sources.
Incorrect.
Well after the incident, being presented with pictures, drawings, recordings, transcripts etc can jog/elicit details not remembered or covered in previous testimony.
not always true. if you are still in shock from an event you can forget things or not remember them in the right order. that’s why they give cops a couple days off before they take a stateent. good lawyers don’ t let their clients supply a statemnent right away so as not to appear to change their story when in reality they are just remembering it correctly.