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Elizabeth Loftus

1944 - Today

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Elizabeth F. Loftus (born 1944) is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies. Loftus's research includes the effects of phrasing on the perceptions of automobile crashes, the "lost in the mall" technique and the manipulation of food preferences through the use of false memories. In the Jane Doe case that began in 1997, Loftus and Melvin J. Guyer revealed serious concerns about the background and validity of the initial research. She has also served on the executive council of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and was a keynote speaker at the British Psychological Society's 2011 annual conference. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Loftus is the 137th most popular psychologist (up from 140th in 2019), the 3,173rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,925th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 137 out of 235. Before her are Henri Wallon, Clark L. Hull, Ovide Decroly, Jonathan Haidt, John Money, and Ernest Jones. After her are Charlotte Bühler, Steven Pinker, Franz Alexander, J. P. Guilford, Serge Moscovici, and Edvard Moser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 234. Before her are Bob Brown, Ivica Račan, Alvin Lee, Brian Tracy, Jeffrey Tambor, and Richard Leakey. After her are Tommie Smith, Brenda Lee, Christian Boltanski, Peter Lindbergh, Goukouni Oueddei, and Charles Sobhraj.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 3,173 out of 20,380. Before her are William Masters (1915), Anne Schedeen (1949), Larry Sanger (1968), Donna Karan (1948), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), and Anna May Wong (1905). After her are Tommie Smith (1944), John Fetterman (1969), David Berkowitz (1953), Brenda Lee (1944), Edsel Ford (1893), and Bobby Brown (1969).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Elizabeth Loftus ranks 46. Before her are Thomas Gordon (1918), Robert Plutchik (1927), Benjamin Spock (1903), Robert Cialdini (1945), Clark L. Hull (1884), and Jonathan Haidt (1963). After her are J. P. Guilford (1897), Brian Weiss (1944), George Kelly (1905), David Ausubel (1918), Arthur Janov (1924), and Michael Gazzaniga (1939).

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