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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Loftus. Loftus explains concepts related to memory, distinguishing between externally-supplied misinformation and internal 'autosuggestion' where an individual's own inferences become false memories. Loftus also identifies several factors that can affect the initial 'acquisition stage' of memory, including environmental conditions like lighting, personal states like distraction, and the influence of drugs such as marijuana.
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| Loftus | Witness/Expert |
Mentioned in the header as the person undergoing direct examination. Provides the answers ('A.') in the transcript.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Listed at the bottom of the page as the court reporting agency.
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The document is a transcript of a formal question-and-answer session (direct examination) in a legal proceeding, indicating a professional relationship between the witness (Loftus) and the examiner.
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"That's called autosuggestion where there is not somebody deliberately suggesting something to you... but you, the witness, are drawing inferences that then start to feel as if they're memories."Source
— Loftus
(Explaining how individuals can create false memories internally without external suggestion.)
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"At the time of acquisition, the event itself, well, some obvious thing, how good is the lighting, how far away are you, how distracted are you, are you preoccupied thinking about something else. Sometimes, if you're under the influence of certain drugs. Marijuana is one that has been studied a lot... That could affect the formation of the memory in the first place."Source
— Loftus
(Listing factors that can impact the quality and accuracy of a memory at the moment it is formed.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 761 Filed 08/10/22 Page 124 of 246 2419
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Loftus - direct
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Loftus - direct
1 A. Yes.
2 Q. Is there the possibility of retrieval from an internal
3 source, meaning within the individual who is trying to recreate
4 the memory?
5 A. Well, in the example that I gave earlier with the stop sign
6 and the yield sign, we do suggest the misinformation
7 externally, we supply them with the misinformation. But
8 sometimes what happens with individuals is they draw inferences
9 about what might have happened or what could have happened or
10 what possibly happened and they can suggest things to
11 themselves. That's called autosuggestion where there is not
12 somebody deliberately suggesting something to you, not
13 deliberately trying to tell you, you know, I saw the thief and
14 he was wearing a brown jacket instead of a green jacket, but
15 you, the witness, are drawing inferences that then start to
16 feel as if they're memories.
17 Q. Going back to the acquisition stage, what would affect the
18 quality of one's acquisition of an event?
19 A. At the time of acquisition, the event itself, well, some
20 obvious thing, how good is the lighting, how far away are you,
21 how distracted are you, are you preoccupied thinking about
22 something else. Sometimes, if you're under the influence of
23 certain drugs. Marijuana is one that has been studied a lot,
24 for example, and we've studied it in a recent paper. That
25 could affect the formation of the memory in the first place.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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