Many Americans believe memory is more powerful, reliable and objective than it actually is, a new survey finds. The telephone poll of 1,500 people found that nearly two-thirds considered human memory to be like a video camera that records detailed information for later review, according to the researchers. Almost half of the participants believed that once experiences are stored as memory, those memories do not change, and nearly 40 percent said the testimony of single confident eyewitness should be sufficient to convict someone of a crime.
