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This document is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell) featuring the direct examination of expert witness Loftus. The testimony focuses on the suggestiveness of psychotherapy, the potential for creating false memories regarding childhood trauma, and the psychological concept of 'labeling' in relation to memory distortion.
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| Loftus | Witness |
Expert witness testifying on direct examination regarding memory and psychotherapy (Elizabeth Loftus).
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| Unidentified Attorney (Q) | Defense Attorney |
Conducting direct examination of the witness.
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| Jury | Audience |
The group being addressed by the witness explanations.
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Listed in the footer.
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| DOJ |
Department of Justice, referenced in Bates stamp DOJ-OGR-00013988.
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Implied by case number (1:20-cr-00330-PAE) and reporter name.
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Q&A format in transcript during direct examination.
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"Some of these patients -- some of these psychotherapists have engaged in practices that have led their patients to have false memories."Source
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"There is a lot of classic work on labeling, which is if you -- 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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