Elizabeth Loftus
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Age | 79 |
| Date of birth | October 16,1944 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Bel Air |
| Los Angeles | |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Known for | Studies |
| Studies of human memory and their application to forensic settings | |
| Spouse | Geoffrey Loftus |
| Parents | Rebecca Fishman |
| Sidney Fishman | |
| Job | Psychologist |
| Professor | |
| Expert | |
| Mathematician | |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Stanford University | |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| UCLA | |
| Awards | Grawemeyer Award |
| Field | Human memory |
| Movies/Shows | The Junk Science of Jim Hopper |
| My Amityville Horror | |
| Full name | Elizabeth F. Loftus |
| Affiliations | University Of California |
| Irvine | |
| Interests | Psychology |
| Cognitive Psychology | |
| Memory | |
| Eyewitness Testimony | |
| Psychology And Law | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 467031 |
Memory, surprising new insights into how we remember and why we forget
Mind At Play
Eyewitness Testimony: Civil and Criminal
Essence of Statistics
Student Study Guide for Use with Psychology
Psychology: student study guide to accompany
Psychology
Psychology today: Instructor's manual
Professional Resource Book to Accompany Psychology [by] Camille B. Wortman and Elizabeth F. Loftus
Learning
The Myth of Repressed Memory
Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial
Witness for the defense
Elizabeth Loftus Life story
Elizabeth F. Loftus is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies.
Ghislaine Maxwell to challenge accusers' memories
Ghislaine Maxwell will challenge claims that she groomed underage girls for the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.
According to a letter by her lawyer, The British socialite's defence will say her accusers might have faulty memories.
The Letter says that leading experts in psychiatry and memory would be brought in to testify in her defence.
Ms Maxwell, 59, has pleaded Not Guilty to all the charges against her.
She has been in a New York jail since her arrest In July Last Year , awaiting The Trial which will begin on 29 November and last Six Weeks .
, gives a first glimpse at what her legal team are hoping to use to defend her In Court .
Elizabeth Loftus , a psychologist specialising in false memory, is one of The Experts they are hoping to call. She has testified in More Than 300 trials, including those for high-profile defendants such as Harvey Weinstein , Ted Bundy and OJ Simpson.
According to her profile on the UCI School of Social Ecology, Ms Loftus' research has revealed how memories can be changed by things We Are told and information we subtly absorb after an event.
" She will describe scientific research showing that False Memories can be described With Confidence , detail, and emotion, just like true memories, " The Letter reads.
Another expert the defence wants to use is leading forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz, who has 40 Years experience and has been part of More Than 1,000 evaluations of allegations of sexual abuse, according to The Letter .
Mr Dietz would testify that building The Trust of the accusers did not automatically imply they would be abused.
He would also argue that there is no consistent definition for the term " grooming" and therefore no Empirical Evidence that Ms Maxwell committed " grooming-by-proxy" by allegedly arranging sexualized massages for Epstein.
Mr Dietz would testify that Epstein, " like many people who achieve Great Power and wealth" created and exploited a " Halo Effect to surround himself with people who would serve his needs".
A hearing on admitting Expert Testimony is scheduled for Wednesday.
Ms Maxwell, The Daughter of media mogul Robert Maxwell , has been accused of helping to recruit and groom four underage girls for Epstein to abuse from 1994 to 2004, and also charged with Sex Trafficking .
Epstein killed himself in a New York prison cell on 10 August as he awaited his trial on Sex Trafficking charges.
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