00:02My name is Elizabeth Loftus and it's L-O-F-T-U-S. I'm a professor of psychological science. I
00:10study
00:11memory and I also occasionally consult or testify in court cases so they can make decisions based
00:18on good science and not misconceptions about science. A lot of those have been in Kremler
00:23cases? Yes. You are a hired and extremely expensive gun and I'd be saying the same thing if I were
00:31working for free. We know that people in general, jurors in particular, have some misconceptions
00:42about how memory works. What you saw and what I saw on the TV video was revolting. There has been
00:49mass media attention to this particular videotape. Does the research indicate that that in fact
00:55could change witnesses' perception? There's more to a case than just what the media is telling you.
01:06Somebody who's extremely stressed or extremely frightened, it can disrupt your memory for the
01:11details that occurred just prior to the shocking event. What if your daughter got raped, asshole?
01:19You are the scum of the earth and a piece of shit? Fuck you, asshole. There was a lot of
01:24hostility that
01:25was directed at me. Was it because I was a woman so I was betraying women? Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby,
01:32Harvey Weinstein. Do you actually believe that the individuals that I just named were victims of either
01:37false memories or bad identifications, your areas of study?
01:44I can't say that every case I've been involved in, I believe them.
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