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CPH:DOX: Memory Wars
Professor Elizabeth Loftus is featured in the new film Memory Wars, which explores the fascinating and controversial field of human memory. The film showcases Loftus’ groundbreaking research on memory’s unreliability and her experience in high-profile trials. It premieres in Copenhagen on March 20, 23, and 26.
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UC Irvine Law Faculty Participate in UCI Forum for the Academy and the Public’s 2025 Annual Conference
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Truth Be Told: What We Recall, What We Rewrite: Memory and Communication with Elizabeth Loftus (Podcast)
Professor Elizabeth Loftus discusses the complexities of memory accuracy, particularly in the context of eyewitness testimony and its implications for wrongful convictions.
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TV Insider: Brian Williams’ Career-Changing 2015 Controversy, Revisited
Professor Elizabeth Loftus is quoted: “Memory is susceptible to contamination and distortion and supplementation. It happens to virtually all of us.”
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Faculty Roundup (January 2025)
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Faculty Roundup (November 2024)
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Faculty Roundup (October 2024)
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L’Eco di Bergamo: Incorrect Information Can Generate False Memories
Professor Elizabeth Loftus: “Our mind can be influenced and believe situations or things that never happened to be true.”
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Avvenire: That false memory that generates truth
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus’ research highlights the ways in which déjà vu of events that never happened are formed and the techniquesto create them from scratch.
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Analytics Insight: AI’s Fact-Checking Game, Debunks Conspiracy Theories Better Than Humans
Professor Elizabeth Loftus said that the reason for AI’s success is the ability to deliver the truth without bruising a man’s ego.
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Bloomberg: AI Can Debunk Conspiracy Theories Better Than Humans
Profesor Elizabeth Loftus discusses AI’s effectiveness in debunking conspiracy theories.
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The Atlantic: A New Tool to Warp Reality*
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus was cited in The Atlantic for her decades of research on how memory can be manipulated. Researchers adapted her methods to explore how chatbots could implant false memories.
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The Los Angeles Times: A childhood memory sent her father to prison for murder. Was it real?
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus was cited in the Los Angeles Times: “The Franklin case proved pivotal in the career of Elizabeth Loftus, a memory scientist who would become one of the most frequently cited and influential researchers in the field of psychology. Fueled by the Franklin case, Loftus designed a false-memory experiment…”
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Faculty Roundup: The Latest Highlights From UCI Law’s Faculty (July 2024)
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Science News: Scientists are fixing flawed forensics that can lead to wrongful convictions
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus warns the “confidence correlation” in eyewitness reliability is appropriate only when a lineup is conducted according to all best practices, which remains a rare occurrence.
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Bryant and Baden Justice Served: Professor Elizabeth Loftus Weighs In on Michelle Troconis Trial
VIDEO: Bryant and Baden talk with key defense expert, UCI Law Professor Elizabeth Loftus, about her role and the jury verdict.
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Fox 61: Psychology professor brings expertise to court | Troconis Trial
WATCH: Prof. Elizabeth Loftus explains to a jury the basics of memory psychology and some relevant studies she oversaw.
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Hidden Brain: Are Your Memories Real?
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus joins the podcast to discuss the malleability of memory – what we remember, and what we think we remember.
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Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science – Eyewitness Testimony
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus discusses eyewitness testimony on the podcast Wrongful Conviction.
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Science and Entertainment Exchange: Storytelling and the Science of True and False Memories
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus spoke on a panel with moderator Ahmed Best and Jeffrey Zacks.
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Human Centered: Listen on Spotify
LISTEN: Prof. Elizabeth Loftus joins the podcast Human Centered for its episode on “The Memory Science Disrupter”
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Le Monde: Lost in a shopping mall
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus’ studies on the concept of false memory was featured in the French newspaper Le Monde
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New Scientist: Deepfake videos create false memories – but so do fake articles
Prof. Loftus commented in a New Scientist article on deepfake videos and articles, and their ability to create false memories
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The New York Times: What Haunts Child Abuse Victims? The Memory, Study Finds
Prof. Loftus was quoted in The New York Times on a new study that finds memory recall affects child abuse victims more so than those who can not recall
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CNN Chile: Elizabeth Loftus: Memoria y eventos traumáticos | Sana Mente
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus was interviewed on CNN Chile about memory and traumatic events
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USA Today: What is disinformation? Misinformation? What to know about how ‘fake news’ is spread.
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus was quoted in USA Today on the “misinformation effect”
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DOSSIER: Memory Deceives
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus was highlighted in a German publication’s cover story on memory.
