Elizabeth Loftus

• Loftus has been called the most influential female psychologist of the 20th century.
• She was a professor at the University of California and the University of Washington.
• Loftus specialises in memory, specifically eye-witness testimony, repressed memory, and explanations for forgetting.
• Her work has led her to testifying as an expert witness in a number of criminal trials.
• Loftus led a paradigm shift in memory models, from archival to reconstructed, and has been the recipient of multiple awards over her 20 years career.

Text: University of Washington and Verywell Mind (Accessed 26 May 2021)

Image: © University of Washington

Author: Ellie Glover (2021) LJMU Student

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