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This document is page 116 of a court transcript from Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell). The witness, identified as Loftus (likely Elizabeth Loftus), is testifying during direct examination about the ethical limitations of human experimentation and the role of human subjects review committees. She discusses her work on 'false memories,' describing how she obtains approval to plant false traumatic memories in research participants, such as being attacked by an animal, while noting that more disturbing scenarios (e.g., forced animal sacrifice by a parent) might be rejected by ethics committees.
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| Loftus | Witness/Expert |
Testifying during direct examination regarding memory research; likely Elizabeth Loftus, a memory expert called by th...
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| Unidentified Attorney | Interviewer |
Conducting the direct examination (marked as Q.).
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Listed in the footer.
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| Human Subjects Review Committee |
Mentioned by Loftus as the entity that approves or rejects research proposals.
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| US District Court Southern District of New York |
Implied by case number 1:20-cr-00330-PAE and 'Southern District Reporters'.
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General reference to the academic setting where research reviews take place.
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"in the case of my work on false memories, what kind of false memory I would propose to plant in the minds of a research participant."Source
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"So I might want to plant a false memory that something horrible happened that would have been traumatic if it actually had happened, like you were, you know, attacked by a vicious animal."Source
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"like a deliberate attempt to -- to plant a memory, for example, that your father, you know, forced you to sacrifice animals or breed babies and kill"Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 761 Filed 08/10/22 Page 116 of 246 2411
LCGVMAX3 Loftus - direct
LCGVMAX3 Loftus - direct
1 animals, but I am proposing studies with humans. It goes
2 through a process of review on the campus. And sometimes they
3 ask you to make modifications in your procedure; other times
4 they just outright give you the blessing to go ahead and do the
5 study.
6 Q. Is there a standard requirement that the experiment that
7 you're engaging in cause no harm to the participant?
8 A. Well, we certainly -- we certainly hope for -- yes, that
9 the -- when we're experimenting with human beings, that we are
10 not going to create any -- any harm in those participants.
11 Q. And does that requirement in and of itself limit the types
12 of experiments that you might otherwise choose to engage in?
13 A. Yes, it does. It does. So it might dictate what kind --
14 in the case of my work on false memories, what kind of false
15 memory I would propose to plant in the minds of a research
16 participant. So I might want to plant a false memory that
17 something horrible happened that would have been traumatic if
18 it actually had happened, like you were, you know, attacked by
19 a vicious animal. And the human subjects review committee,
20 well, has been known to approve that kind of proposal.
21 But other kinds of studies that might be a little bit
22 more sensitive, the human subjects committee might feel a
23 little uncomfortable about approving, like a deliberate attempt
24 to -- to plant a memory, for example, that your father, you
25 know, forced you to sacrifice animals or breed babies and kill
2 through a process of review on the campus. And sometimes they
3 ask you to make modifications in your procedure; other times
4 they just outright give you the blessing to go ahead and do the
5 study.
6 Q. Is there a standard requirement that the experiment that
7 you're engaging in cause no harm to the participant?
8 A. Well, we certainly -- we certainly hope for -- yes, that
9 the -- when we're experimenting with human beings, that we are
10 not going to create any -- any harm in those participants.
11 Q. And does that requirement in and of itself limit the types
12 of experiments that you might otherwise choose to engage in?
13 A. Yes, it does. It does. So it might dictate what kind --
14 in the case of my work on false memories, what kind of false
15 memory I would propose to plant in the minds of a research
16 participant. So I might want to plant a false memory that
17 something horrible happened that would have been traumatic if
18 it actually had happened, like you were, you know, attacked by
19 a vicious animal. And the human subjects review committee,
20 well, has been known to approve that kind of proposal.
21 But other kinds of studies that might be a little bit
22 more sensitive, the human subjects committee might feel a
23 little uncomfortable about approving, like a deliberate attempt
24 to -- to plant a memory, for example, that your father, you
25 know, forced you to sacrifice animals or breed babies and kill
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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