Psychology – Ted Talk

Here is a TED talk about false memories from Elizabeth Loftus: https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory

Go to: http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget/index.html For the first (memory solitare) activity, what was your score? Do the Wander Aound the House activity. What was your score? What did you learn?

Go to the “memory” link at the bottom of the page after the house activity, the next part is linked there: Click on Memory Webcast archives in the left column. Listen to Elizabeth Loftus’s presentation. Warning: This is a 60 minute lecture-make sure you have time.You do not have to listen to the question and answer session that follows the two lectures. I have included a link to the audio presentation of the lecture on this assignment page. What did you learn that you did not know before? What surprised you most? Why? Also, along the same lines, visit http://www.fmsfonline.org/ How does this site fit with Beth Loftus’s presentation? I have provided an audio link above to the lecture in case you prefer not to download or cannot get the Real Player presentation to work. If you can, it is superior because it is both audio and visual.

Be sure to read “Recovered Memories: Are they reliable?” and “Remembering Dangerously”. It looks like remembering dangerously has been dropped. Here’s a new link: http://www.csicop.org/si/show/remembering_dangerously/

You may also want to read the interview with Dr. Pope. The webcast requires Real Player but no purchase is necessary. Difficulty with the audio presentation is not an excuse for an incomplete assignment. I have alternate reading available if you cannot get the audio lecture (From Scientific America (1997):https://staff.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm

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