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Elizabeth Loftus Quotes: Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too.
         

Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too.


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We all have memories that are malleable and susceptible to being contaminated or supplemented in some way.

We all have memories that are malleable and susceptible to being contaminated or supplemented in some way.



Memory, like liberty, is a fragile thing.

Memory, like liberty, is a fragile thing.



In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened.

In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened.



Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.

Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.



My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory.

My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory.



You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.

You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.



To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.

To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.



We can't reliably distinguish true memories from false memories.

We can't reliably distinguish true memories from false memories.



If we make people believe that before the age of 16 they got sick drinking vodka, they don't want to drink as much vodka.

If we make people believe that before the age of 16 they got sick drinking vodka, they don't want to drink as much vodka.





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