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How reliable is your memory?

Elizabeth Loftus · TED

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About

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus shares some startling stories and statistics -- and raises some important ethical questions.

The talk

  1. How reliable is your memory? 18 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2013
Speaker
Elizabeth Loftus
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Philosophy
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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