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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, detailing the cross-examination of a witness named Loftus. The questioning focuses on Loftus's past psychological research into memory manipulation, specifically referencing a study where details like a car's color were altered to mislead subjects, and another experiment from the mid-1990s that involved implanting a false memory of being lost in a mall.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Loftus | Witness |
Mentioned in the header as the subject of a cross-examination and is the person answering the questions (A).
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Listed at the bottom of the page, likely the court reporting agency that transcribed the proceeding.
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A study where participants watched a video, walked through a museum, and were then questioned with distorted details, such as changing the color of a car from blue to white and a jacket from blue to black, to test memory manipulation.
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The document is a transcript of a legal cross-examination where an unnamed individual is questioning the witness, Loftus, about their professional work.
Key Quotes (2)
"I believe that we had deliberately tried to change the color of the car in their memory."Source
— Loftus
(Responding to a question about whether details were distorted during questioning in a study.)
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"That's a study that we did in the mid '90s, yes."Source
— Loftus
(Confirming their involvement in an experiment about planting a false memory of being lost in a mall.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 761 Filed 08/10/22 Page 180 of 246
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1 Q. Okay. And then folks, after watching the video, they
2 walked through the museum and then they are asked some
3 questions, right?
4 A. Correct.
5 Q. And during that questioning, certain details were
6 distorted, right?
7 A. I believe that we had deliberately tried to change the
8 color of the car in their memory.
9 Q. The color of the car was changed in the questions from blue
10 to white, right?
11 A. Something like that, yes.
12 Q. And there was a color of a jacket that was changed in
13 questions from, I believe, blue to black, right?
14 A. Well, I mostly remember the blue car, so --
15 Q. And in that study, some of the research subjects were
16 fooled by one changed fact about the color of the car, right?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. But the research subjects were not fooled by the attempt to
19 change the second fact, right?
20 A. I believe that's what happened in that study, yes.
21 Q. Okay. You've also conducted an experiment about planting a
22 false memory of someone being lost in a mall, right?
23 A. That's a study that we did in the mid '90s, yes.
24 Q. And that study involved about 24 participants, right?
25 A. Yes.
2 walked through the museum and then they are asked some
3 questions, right?
4 A. Correct.
5 Q. And during that questioning, certain details were
6 distorted, right?
7 A. I believe that we had deliberately tried to change the
8 color of the car in their memory.
9 Q. The color of the car was changed in the questions from blue
10 to white, right?
11 A. Something like that, yes.
12 Q. And there was a color of a jacket that was changed in
13 questions from, I believe, blue to black, right?
14 A. Well, I mostly remember the blue car, so --
15 Q. And in that study, some of the research subjects were
16 fooled by one changed fact about the color of the car, right?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. But the research subjects were not fooled by the attempt to
19 change the second fact, right?
20 A. I believe that's what happened in that study, yes.
21 Q. Okay. You've also conducted an experiment about planting a
22 false memory of someone being lost in a mall, right?
23 A. That's a study that we did in the mid '90s, yes.
24 Q. And that study involved about 24 participants, right?
25 A. Yes.
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