#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex

Lex Fridman PodcastOctober 14, 2025

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  • Memory works more like reconstruction than stored video

    Posted by seed07 on October 18, 2026 at 7:02 am

    Julia Shaw discusses false memories, interrogation, deception, and criminal psychology. If recollection can be altered by suggestion and later information, confidence alone can't establish accuracy. Investigations should preserve early accounts, avoid leading prompts, and compare memories with independent evidence rather than treating inconsistency as automatic dishonesty.

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