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Type: Court transcript (testimony)
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This document is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE) dated August 10, 2022. It features the direct examination of an expert witness named Loftus (Dr. Elizabeth Loftus) discussing the malleability of human memory, specifically how linguistic labeling (e.g., 'incident' vs. 'fight') can alter a person's recollection of events.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Loftus Witness/Expert
Providing direct testimony regarding human memory, suggestibility, and labeling.
Unidentified Attorney Interrogator (Q)
Conducting direct examination of the witness.

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
Southern District Reporters, P.C.
DOJ
Referenced in footer stamp DOJ-OGR

Timeline (1 events)

2022-08-10
Court testimony in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell). Witness Loftus is testifying about memory reliability.
Southern District Court
Loftus Attorney

Locations (1)

Location Context
Implied by reporter's name (likely SDNY given the case number context for Ghislaine Maxwell).

Relationships (1)

Loftus Witness/Examiner Unidentified Attorney
Q/A format in transcript header 'Loftus - direct'

Key Quotes (4)

"If it got labeled as dumbbells, people later remembered it as looking more like dumbbells."
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"label something ambiguous and it will affect people's memory for what they saw."
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"labeling something as an incident... has a different affect than when you label the thing that happened as a fight."
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"People are more likely to construct an image of a fight, probably because of that label."
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