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From the Ted Talk by Scott Fraser: Why eyewitnesses get it wrong

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This is the car 30 feet away from the jugde. There's an arm sticking out of the passenger side and pointed back at you. That's 30 feet away. Some of the teenagers said that in fact the car was 15 feet away when it shot. Okay. There's 15 feet.

At this point, I became a little concerned. This judge is someone you'd never want to play poekr with. He was tltlaoy sitoc. I couldn't see a twitch of his eyebrow. I couldn't see the slightest bend of his head. I had no sense of how he was retcanig to this, and after he looked at this reenactment, he turned to me and he says, "Is there anything else you want me to look at?"

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This is the car 30 feet away from the _____. There's an arm sticking out of the passenger side and pointed back at you. That's 30 feet away. Some of the teenagers said that in fact the car was 15 feet away when it shot. Okay. There's 15 feet.

At this point, I became a little concerned. This judge is someone you'd never want to play _____ with. He was _______ _____. I couldn't see a twitch of his eyebrow. I couldn't see the slightest bend of his head. I had no sense of how he was ________ to this, and after he looked at this reenactment, he turned to me and he says, "Is there anything else you want me to look at?"

Solution


  1. stoic
  2. reacting
  3. poker
  4. judge
  5. totally

Original Text


This is the car 30 feet away from the judge. There's an arm sticking out of the passenger side and pointed back at you. That's 30 feet away. Some of the teenagers said that in fact the car was 15 feet away when it shot. Okay. There's 15 feet.

At this point, I became a little concerned. This judge is someone you'd never want to play poker with. He was totally stoic. I couldn't see a twitch of his eyebrow. I couldn't see the slightest bend of his head. I had no sense of how he was reacting to this, and after he looked at this reenactment, he turned to me and he says, "Is there anything else you want me to look at?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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photo array 3
human memory 2
reconstructed memories 2
forensic expert 2
american jurisprudence 2
black object 2


Important Words


  1. arm
  2. bend
  3. car
  4. concerned
  5. eyebrow
  6. fact
  7. feet
  8. head
  9. judge
  10. looked
  11. passenger
  12. play
  13. point
  14. pointed
  15. poker
  16. reacting
  17. reenactment
  18. sense
  19. shot
  20. side
  21. slightest
  22. sticking
  23. stoic
  24. teenagers
  25. totally
  26. turned
  27. twitch