Malleability of Memory - A Conversation with Elizabeth Loftus

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Elizabeth Loftus, renowned expert on human memory and Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science; Criminology, Law, and Society; Cognitive Science and Law at UC Irvine. This extensive conversation covers her ground-breaking work on the misinformation effect, false memories and her battles with 'repressed memory' advocates, how getting expert memory testimony introduced in legal proceedings and the effect of DNA evidence on convincing judges of the problematic nature of eyewitness testimony. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Benefit of the Doubt, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:I. Memory, Eventually - From mathematics to yellow birdsII. Legal Attraction - A critical lunch leads to the misinformation effectIII. Inside the Courtroom - Real witnesses, real cases, real effectsIV. The Landscape Shifts - DNA evidence and the winds of changeV. Inception - Implanting childhood mall traumaVI. Confirmation - Extensive reproducibilityVII. The Temperature Mounts - Jane Doe and the podium defenseVIII. Sociological Speculations - How did we get there?IX. Science and Pseudoscience - In search of hard evidenceX. Structural Reform - Learning from New JerseyXI. Scanning Memories - Lies, deliberate lies, and statisticsXII. Increasing Awareness - From Sesame Street to SwedenAbout Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series: Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.