“The finding casts serious doubt on the reliability of victim testimonies in cases involving psychological trauma.” (New Scientist) While prior research cast doubts on the accuracy of recall of traumatic events, critics felt the studies, necessarily, could not be naturalistic enough and that real trauma might actually focus the memory. But a new study by Yale researchers, partially funded by the Pentagon, studied over 500 military personnel at mock POW camps designed to train subjects to withstand capture. 24 hours after the subjects’ release from the camps, their ability to recognize their interrogators was abysmal.