
Elizabeth Loftus, “The Malleability of Memory” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Neuroscience
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Is It Possible to Implant False Memories?
The franklin case really launched a whole new line of scientific work on rich false memories that might not have been done otherwise. You certainly see there's an enormous sociological legal implication. There's a real possibility that vast numbers of innocent people could be wrongfully convicted based upon these false memories, through this alleged process of repression. And coming to terms presse memories, you start doing a wealth of scientific investigation to probe how maleable memory can be and whether we can implant false memories. But my, my senses, ther they're not ever going to be happy as long as you keep coming back with demonstrations of the fact that there are some real justified suspicions for their particular approach. No,
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