Witness for the Defense The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial

Name: Witness for the Defense The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial
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ISBN: 9780312084554

ISBN-10: 0312084552

ISBN-13: 9780312084554

Edition: 1991

Authors: Elizabeth Loftus, Katherine Ketcham, Elizabeth Loftus

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"The study of memory had become my specialty, my passion. In the next few years I wrote dozens of papers about how memory works and how it fails, but unlike most researchers studying memory, my work kept reaching out into the real world. To what extent, I wondered, could a person's memory be shaped by suggestion? When people witness a serious automobile accident, how accurate is their recollection of the facts? If a witness is questioned by a police officer, will the manner of questioning alter the representation of the memory? Can memories be supplemented with additional, false information?" The "passion" Loftus describes in the lines above led her to a teaching career at the University…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 7/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Katherine Ketcham is the author of many books, including "Chinese Medicine for Maximum Immunity" & "The Five Elements of Self-Healing". She lives in Washington.