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Elizabeth Loftus

Elizabeth Loftus

I study human memory. My experiments reveal how memories can be changed by things that we are told. Facts, ideas, suggestions and other forms of post-event information can modify our memories. The legal field, so reliant on memories, has been a significant application of the memory research. My interest in psychology and law, more generally, has grown from this application.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Person Perception
  • Social Cognition

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How Reliable Is Your Memory?

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  • 17:37

    How Reliable Is Your Memory?

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  • 18:23

    How Memory Plays Us

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  • 1:19

    The Bunny Effect

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  • 1:51

    Manufacturing Memories

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  • 3:06

    False Memories

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    The Memory Factory

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  • 3:05

    Eyewitness Testimony

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  • 1:29:34

    False Memories, Recovered Memories, "The Misinformation Effect," and Eye-Witness Testimony

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  • 9:42

    How Does Memory Work?

    Length: 9:42


  • 5:43

    The Impact of Human Factors on Criminal Investigations

    Length: 5:43


  • 49:28

    "Inside the Psychologist Studio" Interview

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  • 47:09

    Can We Always Trust Our Own Mind?

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  • 28:39

    The Fiction of Memory

    Length: 28:39


  • 51:01

    Fictions of Memory That Make Some People Mad

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  • 8:48

    Powers of the Subconscious

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  • 17:10

    How Memory Can Be Manipulated

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Elizabeth Loftus
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
2393 Social Ecology 2
University of California
Irvine, California 92697-7080
United States of America

  • Phone: (949) 824-3285
  • Fax: (949) 824-3001

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