“…prolonged and extreme stress inhibits the biological processes believed to support memory in the brain.” In other words, science also says that torture yields unreliable information.
“To briefly summarize a vast, complex literature…”
Joshuah Bearman
Joshuah Bearman has written about CIA missions, jewel thieves, deranged private investigators, aspiring Fabios, bitter rivalry among dueling Santa Clauses, and the metaphysical implications of being the world's greatest Pac Man player. His article for Wired became the movie Argo.