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Eye Witness Memory Recall

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The impact of verb use on eye witness memory recall
Abstract

Introduction

Aims
To witness the effects of verbs in eye witness memory recall after viewing a car crash stimulation on individuals.

Hypothesis
It was hypothesised that the use of the verb smashed would results in the highest estimated speed of the motor vehicles crashing into one another and the greatest amount of broken glass at the scene. On the contrary, it is hypothesised that the use of the verb smashed would result in the lowest estimated speed of the motor vehicles crashing, and the least amount of broken glass at the scene

Note
How fast were they going?

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Memory is the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.

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