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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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Elizabeth Loftus
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 16
Forensic Psychologist
Psychologist
Statistician
University Teacher
LA
California
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Elizabeth F. Loftus
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