How accurate do you think your memories are? Could you have made a mistake when you described the scene of a crime to a police officer, or did the police officer ask you leading questions that convinced you that the perpetrator had blond hair with blue eyes and was wearing black jeans and a baseball cap? Well Elizabeth Loftus’ research will make you question whether or not the memories you have are accurate. Elizabeth Loftus is an American psychologist who is known for her research on false memories and studies human memory; she is known for the work she does on distortion of memories and implanting false memories into minds. Experiments conducted by Loftus will show how a person’s memories can be changed by things that are suggested. A
