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Elizabeth Loftus

Psychology and criminology professor at the University of California, Irvine and distinguished professor of law whose research focuses on memory. She holds a Stanford PhD and has published more than 20 books and 600 scientific articles.

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Science & Technology20 April 2027 · US

The Meaning of Memory

False-memory research has implications far beyond the laboratory. Loftus connects it to law, identity and an information environment increasingly shaped by synthetic media.