Traditional witness preparation focuses on content — facts, timelines, documents — but fails to address the brain’s response to real-time pressure. Litigation does not just test what a witness knows. It attacks how the brain functions under duress. Deposition success is not about winning, it is about sticking to the game plan under fire. This paper defines a phenomenon called “Cognitive Autopilot,” outlines its manifestations, and presents a solution rooted in neurocognitive remapping — a process that realigns witness thinking patterns and communication skills with the demands of litigation.

Why Prepared Witnesses Fail: The Cognitive Autopilot Problem
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