• Poor memory: the definition includes incorrect transmission equalling or exceeding correct transmission.
• Persistent: weakness present from the start; the report is weak and unreliable.
• Later-onset: subsequent deterioration; the particular report’s timing matters.
• Earlier: accepted. Later: unreliable. Unknown timing: suspend judgment.
Later deterioration does not mean that every report was weak from the beginning.
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Weak memory and the time of transmission
• Poor memory: the definition includes incorrect transmission equalling or exceeding correct transmission.
• Persistent: weakness present from the start; the report is weak and unreliable.
• Later-onset: subsequent deterioration; the particular report’s timing matters.
• Earlier: accepted. Later: unreliable. Unknown timing: suspend judgment.
Later deterioration does not mean that every report was weak from the beginning.