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This document is page 129 of a court transcript from Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (the Ghislaine Maxwell trial), filed on August 10, 2022. The text features direct examination testimony from a witness named Loftus (likely memory expert Elizabeth Loftus) discussing the suggestiveness of psychotherapy, the creation of false memories through recovered memory therapy, and the psychological concept of 'labeling' altering perception of ambiguous stimuli.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Loftus | Witness |
Expert witness testifying on direct examination regarding memory and psychotherapy (likely Dr. Elizabeth Loftus).
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| Unidentified Attorney (Q) | Interrogator |
Attorney questioning the witness.
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| The Jury | Audience |
Addressed by the attorney to receive the explanation.
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Court reporting agency listed in the footer.
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| DOJ |
Department of Justice (indicated by Bates stamp DOJ-OGR).
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Implied court location based on the reporter's name and case number format.
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Relationships (1)
Direct examination in court setting.
Key Quotes (2)
"some of these psychotherapists have engaged in practices that have led their patients to have false memories."Source
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"if a person sees something ambiguous and, later on, it gets labeled with a particular label, that the individuals will start to remember this ambiguous stimulus as something a little closer to that label."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 761 Filed 08/10/22 Page 129 of 246 2424
LCGCmax4 Loftus - direct
LCGCmax4 Loftus - direct
1 A. Correct.
2 Q. You just mentioned the suggestiveness at times of
3 psychotherapy. Could you please explain to the jury what you
4 mean with regard to that.
5 A. Well, there are certain -- of course therapy can be
6 wonderful for many people, but there are some practices in some
7 psychotherapy where the therapist tells the patient that the
8 current problems are due to some buried memories of childhood
9 trauma and that they need to be recovered or retrieved in order
10 to heal the patient. Some of these patients -- some of these
11 psychotherapists have engaged in practices that have led their
12 patients to have false memories.
13 Q. But that certainly is not in every therapeutic environment?
14 A. No, absolutely not.
15 Q. Now, with regard to suggestiveness, are you familiar with a
16 concept called labeling?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. Could you please explain to the jury what that means with
19 regard to memory.
20 A. There is a lot of classic work on labeling, which is if
21 you -- if a person sees something ambiguous and, later on, it
22 gets labeled with a particular label, that the individuals will
23 start to remember this ambiguous stimulus as something a little
24 closer to that label.
25 In one of the old classic studies, people saw a --
2 Q. You just mentioned the suggestiveness at times of
3 psychotherapy. Could you please explain to the jury what you
4 mean with regard to that.
5 A. Well, there are certain -- of course therapy can be
6 wonderful for many people, but there are some practices in some
7 psychotherapy where the therapist tells the patient that the
8 current problems are due to some buried memories of childhood
9 trauma and that they need to be recovered or retrieved in order
10 to heal the patient. Some of these patients -- some of these
11 psychotherapists have engaged in practices that have led their
12 patients to have false memories.
13 Q. But that certainly is not in every therapeutic environment?
14 A. No, absolutely not.
15 Q. Now, with regard to suggestiveness, are you familiar with a
16 concept called labeling?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. Could you please explain to the jury what that means with
19 regard to memory.
20 A. There is a lot of classic work on labeling, which is if
21 you -- if a person sees something ambiguous and, later on, it
22 gets labeled with a particular label, that the individuals will
23 start to remember this ambiguous stimulus as something a little
24 closer to that label.
25 In one of the old classic studies, people saw a --
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