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What makes children’s eyewitness testimonies so unreliable

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stress and trauma make it unreliable
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Stress and trauma. There are many reason why children eyewitness testimonies may not be completely accurate, one of which could be stress and trauma. When children experience a traumatic and stressful event, their ability to accurately recall the event becomes impaired.
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