Memory is malleable, and false memories—memories that seem true and clear in your mind but are somewhat or entirely mistaken—are quite common. Eyewitness testimony, for example, has been ...

memory, and psychology raise, in many cases, intractable barriers to accurate eyewitness testimony. Where barriers to accurate eyewitness testimony exist, one response is to sensitize jurors to the ...

But they can often be far more consequential, such as unreliable eyewitness recollections of a crime. What causes a false memory? Created with Sketch. Human memory is pliable and easy to manipulate.

Loftus has devoted her career to the study of memory: How it’s formed ... due to her ability to diminish a jury’s faith in eyewitness testimony. Over the course of 35 years, Loftus has ...

She specializes in human memory, eyewitness testimony and false memories. In her research, Loftus particularly focuses on factors that affect the accuracy of memory, and has conducted studies on ...

Memory is under heavy scrutiny by a new generation ... “Three-quarters of these convictions were based almost entirely on eyewitness testimony that was mistaken.” Jennifer Thompson was raped ...