📧 Communication
TestimonyCommunication Details
From
Loftus
Linked to Loftus
To
Unnamed Interrogator
Unnamed Interrogator
Date
August 10, 2022
Subject
The effect of language on memory
Message Content
A witness, Loftus, answers questions about studies concerning how language can influence memory, providing a specific example of an experiment involving a simulated car accident.
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Document Summary
This document is a page from a court transcript filed on August 10, 2022, detailing the testimony of a witness named Loftus. Loftus describes a widely-cited 1978 study on the malleability of memory, explaining how the use of different verbs ('smashed' versus 'hit') when questioning witnesses about a simulated car accident altered their estimation of speed and even caused them to falsely remember details like broken glass.
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