Testifying with confidence.
Credibility is usually accorded witnesses who testify with certainty. There is also the widely held belief that stress creates an indelible picture on the mind. The experimental studies and decisions by the courts involving these beliefs are set out.
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Law and Psychiatry, Wayne State University School of Law, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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