Share this Story: People can confidently recall false memories, expert testifies at Maxwell trialPeople can confidently recall false memories, expert testifies at Maxwell trial Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus is set to testify as part of the defence's efforts to discredit Maxwell's accusers Photo by REUTERS/Jane RosenbergArticle content NEW YORK — A psychologist testifying for Ghislaine Maxwell’s defence in the British socialite’s sex abuse trial said on Thursday that people can sound confident when they recall false memories. Try refreshing your browser, or People can confidently recall false memories, expert testifies at Maxwell trial Back to video “When you have post-event suggestion or intervention, people get very confident about their wrong answers,” Loftus said. “False memories … can be very vivid, detailed. People can be confident about them, people can be emotional about them, even though they’re false.” Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not guilty. On Thursday, she discussed experiments in which she and colleagues had successfully planted false memories in participants’ minds.

Source: National Post December 17, 2021 11:11 UTC