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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. She has also served on the executive council of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and was a keynote speaker at the British Psychological Society's 2011 annual conference. As well as her scientific work, Loftus has provided expert testimony or consultation for lawyers in over 300 court cases, including for the legal teams of Ghislaine Maxwell, Harvey Weinstein, Ted Bundy, O.J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Loftus has received more than 806,527 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Elizabeth Loftus is the 166th most popular psychologist (down from 156th in 2019), the 3,902nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,650th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 166 out of 183Before her are Alexander Bain, Michael Gazzaniga, Jean Laplanche, Emma Eckstein, Arthur Janov, and Giacomo Rizzolatti. After her are Georgi Lozanov, Dimitri Uznadze, Edvard Moser, Brenda Milner, John C. Lilly, and Boris Cyrulnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 267Before her are Rick Barry, Sigiswald Kuijken, David Trimble, Lena Nyman, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, and Peter Bieri. After her are Thom Mayne, Lars Norén, Jan-Carl Raspe, Élisabeth Badinter, Whitfield Diffie, and Mitchell Feigenbaum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 3,902 out of 18,182Before her are Robert Darnton (1939), Marion Davies (1897), Alice Brady (1892), Aaliyah (1979), Taj Mahal (1942), and Walter Hunt (1796). After her are Robert Rodriguez (1968), Ralph Linton (1893), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Wallace Beery (1885), John King Fairbank (1907), and Richard Conte (1910).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 60Before her are Julian Rotter (1916), Brian Weiss (1944), Gustave Gilbert (1911), James Hillman (1926), Michael Gazzaniga (1939), and Arthur Janov (1924). After her are John C. Lilly (1915), Lewis Terman (1877), Michael Tomasello (1950), Jonathan Haidt (1963), Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), and Karl Lashley (1890).

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