Christine Blasey Ford had her hearing on Thursday about her sexual assault accusation toward Judge Brett Kavanaugh. We spoke to a psychology professor who specializes in memory.
Phillip Zoladz of Ohio Northern University said that people will always respond differently to traumatic events. In general, someone who experiences a traumatic event is more likely to remember only essential elements and are more apt to forget peripheral actions. Zoladz said ques can be associated to an event and subconsciously triggered. For Ford, her strongest memory was laughter from the party the night of the alleged incident.
Zoladz only spoke on how someone might recall a traumatic memory. He did not touch on whether statements made in today's hearing were true or false.
