Elizabeth Loftus (researcher)

Elizabeth Loftus is a renowned cognitive psychologist known for her research on memory, particularly how human memories can be influenced and changed. She has demonstrated that memories are not perfect recordings but are malleable, susceptible to suggestion, misinformation, and manipulation. Her work has important implications for areas like eyewitness testimony and legal proceedings, highlighting that memories can be developed, distorted, or false without intent. Loftus’s research emphasizes the reconstructive nature of memory and the importance of understanding its fallibility in both psychological science and the justice system.