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Psychology History (1765 words)
Loftus was born in Los Angeles, California on October 16, 1944, to Sidney and Rebecca Fishman.
Loftus does not deny child sexual abuse occurs or that it might be possible for the mind to repress a trauma, but she questions the accuracy of those memories and the techniques used to resurface such memories.
Loftus' main argument and support for her theory is that there are no controlled scientific experiments to prove that repressed memories actually exist.
The diva of disclosure, Elizabeth Loftus (4249 words)
Loftus has spent most of her life steadily amassing a clear and brilliant body of work showing that memory is amazingly fragile and inventive.
Though Beth Loftus is gregarious, warm, and (as one friend states) "always seems to be on a high without the aid of chemical infusion" she burst into tears twice in the first 20 minutes of our interview.
Loftus' graduate students took the famous Demi Moore picture on the cover of Vanity Fair (Demi's Birthday Suit--in which the naked actress had a tuxedo and striped shirt painted onto her body), substituted Loftus's face, and framed it for her.
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