Eyewitness Testimony

With a new preface by the author

Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • Winner, 1980 National Media Award for Distinguished Contribution from the American Psychological Foundation

1. Mistaken Identification

2. Impact of Eyewitness Testimony

3. Perceiving Events

4. Retaining Information in Memory

5. Retrieving Information from Memory

6. Theoretical Issues in the Study of Memory

7. Recognizing People

8. Individual Differences in Eyewitness Ability

9. Common Beliefs about Eyewitness Accounts

10. The Eyewitness and the Legal System

11. An Actual Case of Murder: People v. Garcia

Appendix

References

Index

  • Cover: Eyewitness Testimony
  • A photo of the author

Elizabeth F. Loftus is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the Univesrity of California, Irvine.