PSYCHOLOGIST

Elizabeth Loftus

1944 - Today

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Elizabeth F. Loftus (born 1944) is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies. Loftus's research includes the effects of phrasing on the perceptions of automobile crashes, the "lost in the mall" technique and the manipulation of food preferences through the use of false memories. In the Jane Doe case that began in 1997, Loftus and Melvin J. Guyer revealed serious concerns about the background and validity of the initial research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Loftus has received more than 851,528 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Elizabeth Loftus is the 140th most popular psychologist (up from 166th in 2019), the 2,925th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,891st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Psychologist.

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  • 850k

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  • 55.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 140 out of 235. Before her are Kurt Goldstein, Havelock Ellis, J. P. Guilford, Henri Wallon, Brian Weiss, and Léopold Szondi. After her are Françoise Dolto, Roberto Assagioli, Jordan Peterson, Alexander Bain, Harry Harlow, and Ernest Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 226. Before her are Aguila Saleh Issa, Candy Darling, O Yeong-su, Onufriy, Rocky Johnson, and Gary Glitter. After her are Élisabeth Badinter, Robert Hanssen, Jeffrey Tambor, Ulf Stark, Claude Nicollier, and Mauro Piacenza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 2,925 out of 20,380. Before her are Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), Natalie Cole (1950), Winfield Scott (1786), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), and Douglas Hofstadter (1945). After her are George Dewey (1837), Terry Bisson (1942), Smokey Robinson (1940), Paul Strand (1890), John Lasseter (1957), and Ivy Lee (1877).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 47. Before her are Henry Murray (1893), Carol Gilligan (1936), Robert Plutchik (1927), George Kelly (1905), J. P. Guilford (1897), and Brian Weiss (1944). After her are Harry Harlow (1905), Rensis Likert (1903), Benjamin Spock (1903), David Ausubel (1918), Jonathan Haidt (1963), and Julian Rotter (1916).

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