Department of Clinical, Educational & Heatlh Psychology, University College London, LondonWC1E 6BT,
Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Feb 10;45:e7. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21000480.
Overgeneralizations by psychologists of the research evidence on memory and eyewitness testimony, such as "memory decays with time" or "memories are fluid and malleable," are beginning to appear in legal judgements and guidance documents, accompanied by unwarranted disparagement of lay beliefs about memory. These overgeneralizations could have significant adverse consequences for the conduct of civil and criminal law.
心理学家对记忆和目击证词研究证据的过度概括，例如“记忆随时间衰减”或“记忆是流动和可塑的”，开始出现在法律判决和指导文件中，同时也对关于记忆的外行信念进行了不必要的贬低。这些过度概括可能对民法和刑法的实施产生重大的不利后果。
