Psychology
False Memory Psychology: Why Confidence Is Not Proof
Human memory is reconstructive, not a recording. This guide explains false memories, suggestion, confidence, emotion, and eyewitness mistakes.
eyewitness testimony
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Psychology
How Memory Can Be False: The Science of Reconstructive Memory
Memory is not a recording — it is a reconstruction. Research by Elizabeth Loftus and others shows how suggestion, time, and social influence can create vivid memories of events that never happened.
Experiments
The Loftus Misinformation Effect: How Memory Gets Rewritten
Elizabeth Loftus's 1974 car-crash study showed a single word can alter memory. Here's how she proved it, what it means for eyewitness testimony, and why courts still struggle with the findings.