Ted Bundy, O.J. Simpson, Timothy McVeigh, Michael Jackson, Rodney King, Martha Stewart, and Oliver North – Dr. Elizabeth Loftus has testified on behalf of them all. The cognitive psychologist is ...

Dr. Elizabeth Fishman Loftus (born October 16, 1944) is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies.

I’ve spent three decades learning how to alter people’s memories. I’ve even gone so far as planting entirely false memories into the minds of ordinary people – memories such as being lost in a ...

memory, with some arguing that recall is subject to distortion and decay and others stating that false memories are rare. A study found that suggestive interviewing techniques prompt individuals to ...