Elizabeth Loftus, psychological scientist and expert on human memory, discussed how memory is not necessarily reliable since it can be changed or implanted. (Military study, stimulation of being under stress as being capture by an enemy . She used an example of Steven Tidas, a man who was falsely accused of rape by a woman. It is interesting how the woman firstly said that he looks similar to the rapist, later in the trial completely accused Tidas of the rape. Lotus also commented on studies that she carried out where she implanted certain events, for example as a child you got attacked by an animal or started drowning and were saved by a safeguard. These events don't necessarily look as if they cause any fear or tension, but she noted that people still started to think that it actually happened to them. She also talked about a study where they showed a picture of a car that has been hit or smashed to participants. When asked what speed the car was going to when hit most of the participants identified the speed as being slower than the car was smashed. Also when asked to identify the environment around the car, participants commented on a glass around the car, when there was no smashed glass there. Also in another picture where there was a car and a stop sign, when recalling a memory they said that it was a yield sign.
Loftus also asked if implanting false memories should be banned or discouraged. Which apparently caused a lot of hate on Elizabeth Loftus. She then said that parents should use this false memory implanting to, for example, help their obese child by telling them that as children they didn't like to eat certain food (there was a study about it where participants were told they didn't like eggs and on a picnic they didn't even eat it).
Imagination, hipnosis - could influence what people think happened and what they recall.
Americans - child labor
Girl that accused her mother of assault.
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