View Professor Elizabeth Loftus' outstanding lecture first hand, detailing her most famous research in to memory and the effects on the human mind. Customer Comments ... Written by Laura Rudd, Editor of the ATP magazine Featured in the ATP magazine February 2010 The DVD is a taped recording of DR Elizabeth Loftus Speaking at the Southwest conference and presents both excellent visual and sound quality. Dr Loftus not only focuses on key concepts and theories around eye witness testimony but also explores other interesting studies and recent media events such as memory and the legal cases associated with EWT. This makes this resource not only appropriate for Psychology students but also for students taking law. It starts with DR Loftus introducing the false memories of Hilary Clinton regarding a political visit to Bosnia and the discussion of how Hilary's memories were distorted. Also discussed is the case of the Ramona Family and the false revelations of sexual abuse through psychotherapy. There are also activies within the DVD which students can participate in within your class. The DVD itself is user friendly which presents a variety of options on the menu including a Q&A session and the main recorded session which has been broken down in to sections including memory distortion, false memories and legal cases, repressed memories, memory paradigms, the creation of false memories, techniques used in psychotherapy, planting impossible memories and the consequences of false memories. This allows you to use the DVD over a number of lessons and for various activities within your classroom. It also provides a flexible resource for GCSE and A level courses as well as suitability to different exam boards such as OCR and AQA which deal with memory and eye witness testimony. This DVD is an excellent resource when teaching EWT and is particularly useful when introducing the subject and getting your students interested in the topic. It helps explain EWT to weaker students while also providing inspiring and interesting snippets for your higher ability students. It provides excellent stretch and challenge opportunities for learners and will provide excellent learning opportunities that your students will enjoy. I would highly recommend this resource to any teacher. Written by from Keiron Walsh, creator of A-level Psychology.co.uk The Innocence Project in the United States has, through DNA testing, led to the release of 242 people wrongfully convicted of a crime. Of these 242 wrongful convictions, 75% were due to faulty eyewitness testimony. In Loftus Speaks, the new DVD from Uniview Worldwide, Elizabeth Loftus explains just how easy it is for the memories of eyewitnesses to become distorted. This informative lecture by Elizabeth Loftus takes you on a journey through decades of fascinating research illustrated with interesting examples of real life errors in memory.Take the example of Hillary Clinton speaking about a trip to Bosnia: "I remember landing under sniper fire. We just ran with our heads down to get to our base." Clinton was later ridiculed when a film of the event showed her being greeted by children in a peaceful greeting ceremony. According to Loftus, Hillary Clinton was not 'lying', rather she was experiencing a rich false memory - a memory that is so vivid in sensory detail that it feels lilke a genuine memory even though it is entirely fictitious. More ... Fay Short, Teaching Associate University of Bangor Loftus delivers an excellent presentation covering the most exciting cutting-edge research and fascinating real-life cases in the field of Eyewitness Testimony. The DVD provides a fascinating insight into the work of world-renowned psychologist Elizabeth Loftus: her presentation at a London conference is filmed so effectively that the viewer is able to observe her on-stage actions, read her on-screen slides, and even participate in her false memory demonstrations! Karen J Duffy, Senior Lecturer Social Science, Psychology and Citizenship PGCE An excellent resource for students. Elizabeth Loftus is exceptionally interesting and students of all abilities will be able to understand her outstanding lecturer on one of the most well know pieces of research in psychology. Julie Bostock, Senior Lecturer, PGCE Psychology, Edge Hill University This is an excellent teaching resource, which is relevant for a range of Psychology topics (memory, psychoanalysis, criminal psychology, ethics). The different sections of the DVD could be used as a starting point for class discussions on any of these topics. It may even be useful for A level Law. Loftus is an interesting and engaging speaker who really brings these topics to life by using real life recent examples. She links theory to practice and applies her research to real life situations. She also demonstrates an analytical approach which will encourage students to develop their evaluation skills." The Q&A section contains fascinating questions. I could imagine using this at the end of a topic and getting the students to try to guess what answer Loftus will give before revealing it (with a Uniview jelly brain sweet as the prize if they are correct!) Click here for more information on this DVD. You may also be interested in "Zimbardo Speaks" DVD.