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Peer reviewedLoftus, Elizabeth F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 1975
Author presented a summary of the major conclusions drawn by Eleanor Rosch in the previous article in this edition of the Journal of Experimental Psychology and critically evaluated them. (RK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Diagrams, Experimental Psychology
Loftus, Elizabeth F.; Palmer, John C. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Two experiments are reported in which subjects viewed films of automobile accidents and then answered questions about events occurring in the films. Wording of questions regarding speed influenced subjects' estimates of speed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Language Usage, Memory
Peer reviewedLoftus, Elizabeth F.; Grober, Ellen H. – Developmental Psychology, 1973
This study is consistent with a model of semantic memory that assumes that the memory store is organized primarily into noun categories, and that the process of retrieving information from this store consists of entering the appropriate category as a first step. (Authors)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Grade 1, Information Retrieval
Loftus, Elizabeth F.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1978
1,242 subjects, in five experiments plus a pilot study, saw a series of slides depicting a single auto-pedestrian accident. These experiments investigate how information supplied after an event influences a witness's memory for that event. Results suggest that information supplied a witness after an event, whether inconsistent or misleading, is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Illustrations
