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This document is an excerpt from a legal transcript where Professor Loftus is being questioned about a study on false memories. The study involved planting false memories in people's minds, such as witnessing parental violence or sexual activity as a child, and measuring their emotional reactions.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Dr. Laney | Professor of psychology |
Former Ph.D. student, now professor of psychology
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| Professor Loftus |
Mentioned by name
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| university | University |
Your university
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| Colleges and universities | Educational Institution |
Colleges and universities have human subjects, review committees.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Court Reporting Agency |
Company providing transcription services
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A. Yes, there is -- well, one study that's coming to mind
is -- this is a study that we published somewhat later in the
2000s, maybe around 2008 or so, along with my former Ph.D.
student who is now professor of psychology, Dr. Laney. This
was a study where we -- we didn't just change memory for
turning a stop sign into a yield sign, but we planted entire
events into the minds of research witnesses, events that did
not happen. And then we measured people's emotional reactions
to these false memories.
So we planted false memories, for example, that you
witnessed your parents having a physically violent fight when
you were a kid or that you accidentally caught your parents,
you know, having sex when you were a kid. And once we
succeeded in planting these false memories and measured
people's emotional reactions, they were just as emotional about
these created memories as other individuals were who truly had
had those experiences. So the bottom line there was that
emotion is no guarantee that you're dealing with an authentic
memory.
Q. Professor Loftus, in devising a research project, do you
need to gain approval from any organization or from your
university to permit you to engage in that experiment?
A. Yes, we do. Colleges and universities have human subjects,
review committees. And when we want to propose to do a study
with humans, there are separate groups that review studies with
is -- this is a study that we published somewhat later in the
2000s, maybe around 2008 or so, along with my former Ph.D.
student who is now professor of psychology, Dr. Laney. This
was a study where we -- we didn't just change memory for
turning a stop sign into a yield sign, but we planted entire
events into the minds of research witnesses, events that did
not happen. And then we measured people's emotional reactions
to these false memories.
So we planted false memories, for example, that you
witnessed your parents having a physically violent fight when
you were a kid or that you accidentally caught your parents,
you know, having sex when you were a kid. And once we
succeeded in planting these false memories and measured
people's emotional reactions, they were just as emotional about
these created memories as other individuals were who truly had
had those experiences. So the bottom line there was that
emotion is no guarantee that you're dealing with an authentic
memory.
Q. Professor Loftus, in devising a research project, do you
need to gain approval from any organization or from your
university to permit you to engage in that experiment?
A. Yes, we do. Colleges and universities have human subjects,
review committees. And when we want to propose to do a study
with humans, there are separate groups that review studies with
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