Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, and Professor of Law, and Cognitive Science
Ph.D. Stanford University
Phone:
(949) 824-3285
Email:
eloftus@uci.edu
Office:
2393 Social Ecology II
Specializations:
cognitive psychology, human memory, psychology and law
Department:
Criminology, Law and Society
Department:
Psychology and Social Behavior Curriculum Vitae:
Elizabeth Loftus studies human memory. Her experiments reveal how memories can be changed by things that we are told. Facts, ideas, suggestions and other post-event information can modify our memories. The legal field, so reliant on memories, has been a significant application of the memory research. Loftus is also interested in psychology and law, more generally.CLICK ON LINKS BELOW TO SEE or DOWNLOAD SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (if asked for password just click OK three times)
- Read CNN profile: Life's Work (2013)
- Read profile in Stanford Magazine (2012)
- Read The Memory Doctor in Slate by Will Saletan about the work of Elizabeth Loftus (2010) Winner of the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for Online reporting.
- Listen to Audio Interview of Elizabeth Loftus conducted by National Academy
- Elizabeth Loftus - Brief Biography
- Jane Doe Case - article by Tavris (2008)
- Garry & Hayne's Book (and OLD PHOTO) on Elizabeth Loftus 's life, work, and more.....
- Read chapter on early days with Elizabeth Loftus written by Geoff Loftus (2007)
- Profile of Elizabeth Loftus in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, (2005)
- Article in LA Weekly by S. Abramsky, (2004), p 32-35
- Article in London Times by K. Sabbagh (2004)
- Article on the research of Elizabeth Loftus in OCRegister (2002)
- William James Award & Acceptance Speech (2001)
- Elizabeth Loftus - University of Washington Website (with more articles)
Translations of E. Loftus work
- Russian: Excerpt from "Make Believe Memories" (orig 2003; trans 2011)
- Polish: Characters, Psychology Today, 2008
- Finnish: Science & Spirit, 2004
- Portuguese: Scientific American article 1997
- Portuguese: Memorias Ficticias 2006
- ALSO: SEVERAL BOOKS translated into Asian languages
Foreign language articles about Loftus work
- German: Scientific American (2004)
- German: NZZ Folio (2001)
- French: Les Nouveaux Psys (2008)
- German Psychologie Heute (2010)
Selected Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2010
- Morgan, C.A., Southwick, S., et al (2013) Misinformation can influence memory for recently experienced, highly stressful events, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 36, 11-17.
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Mantonakis et al (2013) False beliefs can shape current consumption. Psychology, 4, 302-308.
- Patihis, L., Tingen, I.W., & Loftus, E.F. (2013) Memory myths. Catalyst, 23 (3), p 6-8
- Steblay, N.K. & Loftus, E.F. (2013) Eyewitness identification and the legal system. In Shafir, E. (Ed) The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy. Princeton University Press.
- Newman, E.J. & Loftus, E.F. (2012) Clarkian Logic on Trial. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 260-263.
- Newman, E.J. & Loftus, E.F. (2012) Updating Ebbinghaus on the science of memory. Europe's Journal of Psychology,
- Foster, J.L., Huthwaite, T., Yesberg, J.A., Garry, M., & Loftus, E.F. (2012) Repetition....in the accuracy of eyewitnesses. Acta Psychologica, 139, 320-326.
- Zhu, B.., Chen, C., Loftus.... & Dong, Q. (2012) Brief exposure to misinformation can lead to long-term false memories, Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 301-307.
- Loftus, E.F. (2011) Intelligence gathering post 9/11. American Psychologist, 66, 532-541.
- Kaasa, S.O., Morris, E.K., & Loftus, E.F. (2011) Remembering why. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 35-42.
- Nelson, K.J., Laney, C., Bowman-Fowler, N., Knowles, E., Davis, D., & Loftus, E.F. (2011) Change blindness can cause mistaken eyewitness identification. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16, 62-74.
- Frenda, S.J, Nichols, R.M., & Loftus, E.F. (2011) Current issues and advances in misinformation research. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 20-23.
- Stark, C.E.L., Okado, Y., & Loftus, E.F. (2010) Imaging the reconstruction of true and false memories.... Learning and Memory, 17, 485-488.
- Newman, E.J., Berkowitz, S.R., Nelson, K.J., Garry, M. & Loftus, E.F. (2011) Attitudes about memory dampening drugs... Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 675-681.
- Zhu, B., Chen, C. et al (2010) Individual Differences in false memory from misinformation:. Cognitive factors. Memory, 18, 543-555.
- Zhu, B., Chen, C., Loftus, E.F., Lin, C., He, Q., Chen, C., Moyzis, R.K., Lessard, J. & Dong, Q. (2010) Individual differences in false memory from misinformation: Personality characteristics, Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 889-894.
- Loftus, E.F. & Frenda, S.J. (2010) Bad theories can harm victims. (Review of The Trauma Myth) , Science, 327, 1329-1330.
- Goodman-Delahunty, J., Granhag, P.A., Hartwig, M. & Loftus, E.F. (2010) Insightful or wishful: Lawyers’ ability to predict case outcomes. Psychology, Public Policy & Law., 16, 133-157.
- Zhu, B., Chen, C., Loftus, E.F., Lin, C.,& Dong, Q. (2010) Treat and Trick: A new way to increase false memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology , 24, 1199-1208.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM 2000-2009
- Bernstein, D.M. & Loftus, E.F. (2009) The consequences of false memories for food preferences and choices. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 135-139.
- Bernstein, D.M. & Loftus, E.F. (2009) How to tell if a particular memory is true or false. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 370-374.
- Davis, D. & Loftus, E.F. (2009) Expectancies, emotion and memory reports of visual events. In J.R. Brockmole (Ed) The Visual World in Memory. Hove & NY: Psychology Press, p 178-214.
- Berkowitz, S.R., Laney, C., Morris, E.K., Garry, M., & Loftus, E.F. (2008) Pluto behaving badly: False beliefs and their consequences. American Journal of Psychology, 121, 643-660
- Geraerts, E., Bernstein, D.M., Merckelbach, H., Linders, C., Raymaekers, L., & Loftus, E.F. (2008) Lasting false beliefs and their behavioral consequences. Psychological Science, 19, 749-753.
- Laney, C., Bowman-Fowler, N., Nelson, K., Bernstein, D.M.,& Loftus, E.F. (2008) The persistence of false beliefs. Acta Psychologica
- Laney, C., Morris, E.K., Bernstein, D.M., Wakefield, B.M. & Loftus, E.F. (2008) Asparagus, a love story. Experimental Psychology, 55, 291-300.
- Laney, C. Kaasa, S., Morris, E.K., Berkowitz, S.R., Bernstein, D.M., & Loftus, E.F. (2008) The Red Herring technique. Psychological Research, 72, 362-375.
- Laney, C. & Loftus, E. F. (2008) Emotional content of true and false memories. Memory, 16, 500-516.
- Sharman et al (2008) False Memories for end of life decisions. Health Psychology. 27, 291-296.
- Sacchi, D., Agnoli, F., & Loftus, E.F. (2007) Changing History: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 1005-1022.
- Davis, D., Loftus, E.F., Vanous, S., & Cucciare, M. (2008) “Unconscious Transference” Can Be an Instance of “Change Blindness.” Applied Cognitive Psychology. 22, 605-623
- Loftus, E. F. (2007) Elizabeth F. Loftus (Autobiography) In Lindzey, G. & Runyan, M. (Eds) History of Psychology in Autobiography Vol. IX Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press. p 198-227.
- Davis, D. & Loftus, E.F. (2007) Internal and external sources of misinformation in adult witness memory. In M.P. Toglia, J.D. Read, D.F. Ross, & R.C.L. Lindsay (Eds). Handbook of eyewitness psychology (Vol l). Memory for events. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. p 195-237.
- Morgan, C. A. III, Hazlett, G., Baranoski, M., Doran, A., Southwick, S., & Loftus, E.F. (2007) Accuracy of eyewitness identification is significantly associated with performance on a standardized test of face recognition. International Journal of Law & Psychiatry, 30, 213-223.
- Thomas, A.K., Hannula, D.E., & Loftus, E.F. (2007) How self-relevant imagination affects memory for behavior. Applied Cogntive Psychology, 21, 69-86.
- Wade, K.A., Sharman, S.J., Garry, M., Memon, A., Mazzoni, G., Merckelbach, H., & Loftus, E.F. (2007) False claims about false memory research. Consciousness & Cognition, 16, 18-28.
- Loftus, E.F. & Davis, D. (2006) Recovered Memories. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 2, 469-498.
- Pizarro, D.A., Laney, C., Morris, E.K., & Loftus, E.F. (2006). Ripple effects in memory: Judgments of moral blame can distort memory for events. Memory & Cognition, 34, 550-555
- Schmechel, R.S., O’Toole, T. P., Easterly, C. & Loftus, E.F. (2006) Beyond the Ken: Testing Juror’s Understanding of eyewitness reliability evidence. Jurimetrics Journal, 46, 177-214.
- Braun-LaTour, K.A., LaTour, M.S. & Loftus, E.F. (2006) Is that a finger in my chili?: Using affective advertising for postcrisis brand repair. Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 47, 2, 106-120.
- Morris, E.K., Laney, C., Bernstein, D.M., & Loftus, E.F. (2006) Susceptibility to memory distortion: How do we decide it has occurred? American Journal of Psychology. 119, 255-276.
- Croyle, R.T., Loftus, E.F., & Berger, S.D, Sun, Y, Hart, M., & Gettig, J.. (2006) How Well Do People Recall Risk Factor Test Results? Accuracy and Bias Among Cholesterol Screening Participants. Health Psychology, 25, 425-432.
- Davis, D., & Loftus, E.F. (2006) Psychologists in the forensic world. In Donaldson, et al. (Eds.). Applied psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum., p 171-200.
- Bernstein, D.M., Laney, C., Morris, E.K. & Loftus, E.F.(2005) False beliefs about fattening foods can have healthy consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102, 13724-13731.
- Loftus, E. F. (2005) Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory. Learning and Memory, 12, 361-366.
- Loftus, E.F. & Bernstein, D. M. (2005). Rich False Memories. In A. F. Healy (Ed) Experimental Cognitive Psychology and its Applications. Washington DC: Amer Psych Assn Press, p 101-113.
- Bernstein, D.M., Laney, C., Morris, E.K. & Loftus, E.F. (2005) False memories about food can lead to food avoidance. Social Cognition, 23, 10-33.
- Loftus, E. F. (2005) Searching for the neurobiology of the misinformation effect. Learning & Memory, 12, 1-2
- Davis, D. & Loftus, E. F. (2005) Age and functioning in the legal system. In Y.I. Noy & W. Karwowski (Eds), Handbook of Forensic Human Factors in litigation. (pp 11-1 - 11-53). New York: CRC Press.
- Braun-LaTour, K. A., LaTour, M. S., Pickrell, J. & Loftus, E.F. (2004) How (and When) advertising can influence memory for consumer experience. Journal of Advertising. 33,7-25.
- Loftus, E. F. (2004) Dispatch from the (un) civil memory wars. Lancet, 364, 20-21.
- Bernstein, D. M., Godfrey, R., Davison, A., & Loftus, E. F. (2004) Conditions affecting the revelation effect for autobiographical memory. Memory & Cognition. 32, 455-462.
- Nourkova V.V., Bernstein D.M., Loftus E.F. (2004) Biography becomes autobiography: Distorting the subjective past. American Journal of Psychology, 117, 65-80.Loftus, E.F. (2004) Memories of Things Unseen. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 145-147.
- Nourkova V.V., Bernstein D.M., Loftus E.F. (2004) Altering traumatic memories. Cognition & Emotion, 18, 575-585
- Kanter, J. W., Kohlenberg, R. J. & Loftus, E. F. (2004) Experimental and Psychotherapeutic Demand Characteristics and the Cognitive Therapy Rationale. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 28, 229-239.
- Loftus, E.F. (2003) Make-Believe Memories. American Psychologist, 58, 864-873
- Loftus, E. F. (2003) Our changeable memories: legal and practical implications. Nature Reviews: Neuroscience, 4, 231-234.
- Loftus, E.F. (2003, Fall) On science under legal assault. Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences), 132, 84-86.
- Wells, G. L. & Loftus, E.F. (2003). Eyewitness memory for people and events. A. M. Goldstein (Ed.) Handbook of Psychology. Vol 11 Forensic Psychology (I.B. Weiner, Editor-in-Chief). New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp 149-160
- Thomas, A. K., Bulevich, J. B., & Loftus, E.F. (2003) Exploring the role of repetition and sensory elaboration in the imagination inflation effect. Memory & Cognition, 31, 630- 640.
- Loftus, E. F. (2003) Memory in Canadian Courts of Law. Canadian Psychology, 44, 207-212.
- Loftus, E. F. (2003) The Dangers of Memory. In R.J. Sternberg (Ed). Psychologists Defying the Crowd. Washington, D.C. American Psychological Association Press. Pp. 105-117.
- Loftus, E. F. (2002) Memory Faults and Fixes. Issues in Science & Technology (publication of the National Academies of Science), 18, # 4, pp 41-50.
- Braun, K.A., Ellis, R. & Loftus, E.F. (2002) Make My Memory. Psychology and Marketing, 19, 1-23.
- Bernstein, D. M., Whittlesea, B. W.A. & Loftus, E. F. (2002) Increasing confidence in remote autobiographical memory and general knowledge: Extensions of the revelation effect, Memory & Cognition, 30, 432-438.
- Loftus, E.F. & Guyer, M. (2002) Who Abused Jane Doe?: The Hazards of the Single Case History.Part I. Skeptical Inquirer, 26, 4-32.(and part II)
- Mazzoni, G.A.L., Loftus, E.F., Kirsch, I. (2001) Changing beliefs about implausible autobiographical events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 7, 51-59
- Loftus, E.F. (2001) Imagining the Past. The Psychologist, 14, 584-587.
- Wright, D.B., Loftus, E.F. & Hall, M. (2001) Now you see it; Now you don?t; Inhibiting recall and recognition of scenes. Applied Cognitive Psychology, l5, 471-482.
- Loftus, E.F. & Calvin, W.C. (2001, April) Memory's future. Psychology Today, 34, p 55-58, 83
- Davis, D., Loftus, E.F., & Follette, W.C. (2001) How, when and whether to use informed consent for recovered memory therapy. Journal of American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 29, 148-159
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM 1990-99
- Wright, D.B. & Loftus, E.F. (1999) Measuring dissociation. American Journal of Psychology, 112, 497-519.
- Mazzoni, G.A.L., Lombardo, P., Malvagia, S., & Loftus, E.F. (1999) Dream interpretation and false beliefs. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 30, 45-50.
- Braun, K.A. & Loftus, E.F. (1998) Advertising's misinformation effect. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12, 569-591.
- Loftus, E.F. & Mazzoni, G.A.L. (1998) Using imagination and personalized suggestion to change people. Behavior Therapy, 29, 691-706.
- Loftus, E.F. (1998) Illusions of Memory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 142, 60-73.
- Loftus, E. F. (1997) Creating false memories. Scientific American, 277, 70-75.
- Garry, M., Manning, C., Loftus, E.F., & Sherman, S.J. (1996) Imagination Inflation: Imagining a childhood event inflates confidence that it occurred. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 3, 208-214.
- Loftus, E.F., Coan, J.A. & Pickrell, J.E. (1996) Manufacturing false memories using bits of reality. In L. M. Reder (Ed.) Implicit memory and metacognition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 195-220.
- Loftus, E.F. & Pickrell, J.E. (1995) The formation of false memories. Psychiatric Annals, 25, 720-725.
- Loftus, E.F. (1993) The reality of repressed memories. American Psychologist, 48, 518-537
- Loftus, E.F. (1992) When a lie becomes memory?s truth. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 1, 121-123.
- Loftus, E.F., Levidow, B & Duensing, S. (1992) Who remembers best? Individual differences in memory for events that occurred in a science museum. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 6, 93-107.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM 1980-89
- Loftus, E.F. & Hoffman, H. G. (1989) Misinformation and memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 117, 100-104
- Bell, B. & Loftus, E.F. (1989). Trivial persuasion in the courtroom: The power of (a few) minor details. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 669-679.
- Loftus, E.F., Banaji, M.R., Schooler, J.W., & Foster, R.A. (1987). Who remembers what? Gender differences in memory. Michigan Quarterly Review, 26, 64-85.
- Loftus, E.F., Loftus, G.R., & Messo, J. (1987). Some facts about weapon focus. Law and Human Behavior, 11, 55-62.
- Christianson, S. & Loftus, E.F. (1987). Memory for traumatic events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 1, 225-239.
- Schooler, J.W., Gerhard, D., & Loftus, E.F. (1986). Qualities of the unreal. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 12, 171-181.
- Loftus, E.F. (1986). Ten years in the life of an expert witness. Law and Human Behavior, 10, 241-263. (Presidential Address, American Psychology-Law Society).
- Loftus, E.F., Fienberg, S.E., & Tanur, J.M. (1985). Cognitive psychology meets the national survey. American Psychologist, 40, 175-180.
- Loftus, E.F., Schooler, J.W., Loftus, G.R., & Glauber, D.T. (1985). Memory for events occurring under anesthesia. Acta Psychologica, 59, 123-128.
- Severance, L., Greene, E., & Loftus, E.F. (1984). Toward criminal jury instructions that jurors can understand. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 75, 198-233.
- Loftus, E.F. & Burns, T.E. (1982). Mental shock can produce retrograde amnesia. Memory and Cognition, 10, 318-323.
- Deffenbacher, K.A. & Loftus, E.F. (1982). Do jurors share a common understanding concerning eyewitness behavior? Law and Human Behavior, 6, 15-30.
- Loftus, E.F. (1982). Memory and its distortions. In A.G. Kraut (Ed.), G. Stanley Hall Lectures (pp. 123-154). Washington, DC: American Psychological Assn.
- Loftus, E.F. & Loftus, G.R. (1980). On the permanence of stored information in the human brain. American Psychologist, 35, 409-420.
- Loftus, E.F. & Greene, E. (1980). Warning: Even memory for faces may be contagious. Law and Human Behavior, 4, 323-334.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS BEFORE 1980
- Loftus, E.F. & Fries, J.F. (1979). Informed consent may be hazardous to your health. Science, 204, 11.
- Powers, P.A., Andriks, J.L., & Loftus, E.F. (1979). The eyewitness accounts of females and males. Journal of Applied Psychology, 64, 339-347.
- Loftus, E.F., Miller, D.G., & Burns, H.J. (1978). Semantic integration of verbal information into a visual memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 4, 19-31.
- Collins, A.M. & Loftus, E.F. (1975). A spreading activation theory of semantic processing. Psychological Review, 82, 407-428.
- Loftus, E.F. (1975). Leading questions and the eyewitness report. Cognitive Psychology, 7, 560-572.
- Loftus, E.F. & Palmer, J.C. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 13, 585-589.
- Loftus, E.F. & Suppes, P. (1972). Structural variables that determine the speed of retrieving words from long-term memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11, 770-777.
- Freedman, J.L. & Loftus, E.F. (1971). Retrieval of words from long-term memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 10, 107-115.