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Centre for the study of Emotion&Law |
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Discrepancies in autobiographical memory A paper published in the British Medical Journal which shows that when people are interviewed twice, many details of their stories change. Peripheral details of traumatic events are particularly likely to be inconsistent. For those with severe levels of PTSD, the longer the delay between interviews, the more likely the details of stories are to change. |
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When people seek asylum they are often interviewed at least twice. If their story changes (and these graphs show that this is particularly likely for some people) then they can be judged to be ‘not credible’, and may be denied asylum on this basis. |