PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - R Slovenko TI - Testifying with confidence DP - 1999 Mar 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 127--131 VI - 27 IP - 1 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/27/1/127.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/27/1/127.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1999 Mar 01; 27 AB - Credibility is usually accorded witnesses who testify with certainty. There is also the widely held belief that stress creates an indelible picture on the mind. The experimental studies and decisions by the courts involving these beliefs are set out.