How trauma can affect memory and court testimony
May 17, 2025
Under cross-examination, E.M., the complainant in the world junior hockey sex assault trial underway in London, Ont., has alleged she suffered trauma that has clouded her memory after the June 2018 night in question. Researchers are examining how trauma affects the brain and memory, particularly in relation to the legal system.
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One an athlete
since way back when
who understands
the exact speed
of the uniformed self
circling the track
in the lined pages
of the log
that preserves his every mile
and pulling away
stride by spiked stride—
the other late
to the game, brimful
of wonder at what might
have been achieved.
At the all-comers’
meet, whittled old timers
make up the stagger
chasing fit, neon
young men, just kids, quick
and yet to arrive.
After, they are hoarse
and slow. They jog
but soon stand staring
at the sheet of seconds and tenths
taped to the stadium
wall. They are speechless
and from the...
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