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Elizabeth Loftus
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American cognitive psychologist
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Elizabeth Loftus is an American psychologist, statistician, and university teacher. Born Elizabeth Fishman in Los Angeles in 1944, she resides in California. She was educated at Stanford University and the University of California, Los Angeles. Her doctoral advisor was Patrick Suppes. Loftus has worked as a university teacher at the University of Washington and the University of California, Irvine.
Her field of work includes psychology and the study of false memory. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She has received the Grawemeyer Awards and holds the titles of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She speaks English.
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- Born
- Elizabeth Fishman , ( 1944-10-16 ) October 16, 1944 (age 81) , Bel Air, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Los Angeles ( BA ) Stanford University ( MA , PhD )
- Fields
- Mathematical psychology
- Institutions
- New School University University of Washington UCI
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Employer
- University of California, Irvine
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Patrick Suppes
- Field of work
- false memory
- Image
- Elizabeth Loftus-TAM 9-July 2011.JPG
- Residence
- California
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- 1944-10-16
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- Elizabeth F. Loftus
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Encyclopedic overview
Elizabeth F. Loftus (born 1944) is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies.
Loftus's research includes the effects of phrasing on the perceptions of automobile crashes, the "lost in the mall" technique and the manipulation of food preferences through the use of false memories. In the Jane Doe case that began in 1997, Loftus and Melvin J. Guyer revealed serious concerns about the background and validity of the initial research. She has also served on the executive council of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and was a keynote speaker at the British Psychological Society's 2011 annual conference.
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