First, the disclaimers: On balance, I support Kavanaugh for the SCOTUS (though he wasn’t my first choice) … and, I’m not a psychologist.
But, over the years, I’ve done a lot of reading on how brains work … largely focused on how students students learn – cognitively and mechanically.
So, politics aside, I found the accuser’s story (as reported to the WaPo) to be curious … mostly because of the self-admitted memory gaps … e.g what year the alleged incident took place? where the incident took place? who else was present?
The cable coverage has been predictably biased on the question of how much an accuser should be able to recall … cherry-picking folks who fit their respective narratives.
CNN/MSNBC have rolled out experts arguing that memories of traumatic events are usually vague, fragmented and incomplete. Think: fog of war.
FOX has presented rape victims who claim precise recall of all sights, sounds and smells from start-to-finish. Think: mechanical evidence gathering.
Note: I do channel-switch to hear both sides. If you don’t, try it to get a more complete picture.
I wanted a more scientific treatment, so I did some digging.
Here’s what I found…
The Homa Files 