{"product_id":"witness-for-the-defense-the-accused-the-eyewitness-and-the-expert-who-puts-memory-on-trial-paperback","title":"Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Loftus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatherine Ketcham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study of memory had become my specialty, my passion. In the next few years I wrote dozens of papers about how memory works and how it fails, but unlike most researchers studying memory, my work kept reaching out into the real world. To what extent, I wondered, could a person's memory be shaped by suggestion? When people witness a serious automobile accident, how accurate is their recollection of the facts? If a witness is questioned by a police officer, will the manner of questioning alter the representation of the memory? Can memories be supplemented with additional, false information? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe passion Loftus describes in the lines above led her to a teaching career at the University of Washington and, perhaps more importantly, into hundreds of courtrooms as an expert witness on the fallibility of eyewitness accounts. As she has explained in numerous trials, and as she convincingly argues in this absorbing book, eyewitness accounts can be and often are so distorted that they no longer resemble the truth.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitness for the Defense is a collection of true stories based on Dr. Elizabeth Loftus's personal experiences as an expert witness. It is our goal to use these real-life courtroom dramas as a vehicle for conveying information about psychology in general and memory in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Loftus\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of psychology and adjunct professor of law at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has published over 250 journal articles and 18 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Repressed Memory\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWitness for the Defense\u003c\/i\u003e. Loftus has served as president of the Western Psychological Association and has fulfilled leadership roles in numerous other organizations such as the American Psychological Association, Society of Experimental Psychologists, and American Psychological Society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Ketcham\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Influence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirituality of Imperfection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Influence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Empathy\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454135287986,"sku":"9780312084554","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1c6c9ac60bed2077330e6876cee5f258_71843234-a1d2-49cd-a506-475c2e23ee20.webp?v=1778843732","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/witness-for-the-defense-the-accused-the-eyewitness-and-the-expert-who-puts-memory-on-trial-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}