Memory on trial
The two-week countdown to graduation has begun (wha?!?) which means equal parts celebration and hyperventilation. Next up, I'm super excited to be starting an internship at ProPublica — a total shift from the psychology/neuroscience news realm I've been operating in the past few months. In particular, I'll be writing more explanatory type pieces, like this one on the failures of eyewitness identification (I originally sent this piece in as a "sample" explainer; it's now been updated slightly since October.)
And yes, OK, I clearly failed to pull myself entirely away from psychology (workin' on it!) But the uncertainty of memory is so fascinating — and has so many legal and political consequences — that I couldn't resist. The issue won't be going away any time soon.