An Interview With Elizabeth Loftus

Psychologists of the 20th Century," Haggbloom et al (2002) ranked Loftus 58th which made her the top ranked woman on the list."The False Memory Diet," based on research by Loftus in collaboration with Cara Laney, Erin Morris, and Dan Bernstein, was listed in the New York Times Magazine's most noteworthy ideas of 2005 and in Discover Magaizine's 100 top science stories of 2005.Loftus is a frequent speaker at Psi Chi programs and is a Distinguished Member of Psi Chi. How did you become interested in psychology?I began as a math major as an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).I loved algebra and geometry, but was decidedly less excited about calculus.Nonetheless, I wasn't giving up.While plowing through integrals and derivatives, I needed some elective courses, and turned to psychology.