Brett Was an Eye Witness to a Crime, but He

question 179

Essay

Brett was an eye witness to a crime, but he misidentifies the suspect in court because he saw the suspect's picture in the newspaper and not at the crime scene. This type of error occurs due to elaborative processing causing the origins of a memory to be misremembered, a situation referred to as __________ confusion.

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Definitions:

Light-Sensitive Proteins

Proteins in photoreceptor cells that respond to light and are crucial for vision.

Retinas

The light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye that converts light rays into neural signals that are sent to the brain for visual recognition.

Melatonin

A hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle, produced by the pineal gland in response to darkness.

Pineal Gland

A small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain that produces and regulates some hormones, including melatonin, which affects sleep patterns.