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Elizabeth Loftus
"Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus shares some startling stories and statistics, and raises some important ethical questions we should all remember to consider." - TEDTalks. Sep 23, 2013
Elizabeth F. Loftus is an American cognitive psychologist and expert on human memory. She has conducted extensive research on the malleability of human memory. Loftus is best known for her ground-breaking work on the misinformation effect and eyewitness memory, and the creation and nature of false memories, including recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse. As well as her prolific work inside the laboratory, Loftus has been heavily involved in applying her research to legal settings; she has consulted or provided expert witness testimony for hundreds of cases. Loftus has been recognized throughout the world for her work, receiving numerous awards and honorary degrees. In 2002, Loftus was ranked 58th in the Review of General Psychology's list of the 100 most influential psychological researchers of the 20th century, and was the highest ranked woman on the list. (Extract from Wikipedia)
"Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus shares some startling stories and statistics, and raises some important ethical questions we should all remember to consider." - TEDTalks. Sep 23, 2013
Elizabeth F. Loftus is an American cognitive psychologist and expert on human memory. She has conducted extensive research on the malleability of human memory. Loftus is best known for her ground-breaking work on the misinformation effect and eyewitness memory, and the creation and nature of false memories, including recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse. As well as her prolific work inside the laboratory, Loftus has been heavily involved in applying her research to legal settings; she has consulted or provided expert witness testimony for hundreds of cases. Loftus has been recognized throughout the world for her work, receiving numerous awards and honorary degrees. In 2002, Loftus was ranked 58th in the Review of General Psychology's list of the 100 most influential psychological researchers of the 20th century, and was the highest ranked woman on the list. (Extract from Wikipedia)
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I can't remember what I ate this morning but I can recall minutia from 50 years ago. We have a way of filtering out unimportant information or blocking out very stressful moments. On the other hand, stressful times can bring out the best in our memory, good and bad. This is my experience, I do not claim to be an expert.
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Her take on memory and eyewitness testimony is exactly why I can't believe in things like religion and NDE's. I remember her being cited as an authority in the book Religion, Spirituality, and the Near-Death Experience by Mark Fox.
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She was also quoted in Near-Death Experiences: Understanding vision of the afterlife by John Martin Fischer and Benjamin Mitchelll-Yellin
This included her 3 factors of forming false memories
1. Social pressure to remember
2. Imagining an event as an aid to remembering it
3. being encouraged not to think about whether what one is remembering as happening actually happened.
This included her 3 factors of forming false memories
1. Social pressure to remember
2. Imagining an event as an aid to remembering it
3. being encouraged not to think about whether what one is remembering as happening actually happened.
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SSG Robert Webster - Sure. The article focuses on the malleability of the human memory. I agree with her on that point regardless of the subject. Sexual Assault allegations, crimes, religion, near-death experiences, alien abductions, etc. Evidence is needed as proof. It is revelation to the first person only, and hearsay to every other, and, consequently, they are not obliged to believe it.
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