We are faced with choices all the time, and a key consideration is often the intensity of the emotional outcome. To assess this, we draw on past experience, where predicted and remembered emotion serve as a road map for decision making. ...
Psychology, Applied; Social sciences; Law Psychological aspects; Law and the social sciences; Recovered memory; Judicial error; False memories
Elizabeth Loftus, distinguished professor of the University of California at Irvine overviews her groundbreaking research on memory in the area of law for this symposium on applied psychology. Particularly, she focuses on research regarding the...