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The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory

✍ Scribed by Shaw, Dr Julia

Book ID
109944084
Publisher
Random House
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Weight
759 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781473535176

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✦ Synopsis

Think you have a good memory? Think again.

Memories are our most cherished possessions. We rely on them every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. True, we can all admit to having suffered occasional memory lapses, such as entering a room and immediately forgetting why, or suddenly being unable to recall the name of someone we've met dozens of times. But what if our minds have the potential for more profound errors, that enable the manipulation or even outright fabrication of our memories?

In The Memory Illusion , forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Julia Shaw uses the latest research to show the astonishing variety of ways in which our brains can indeed be led astray. She shows why we can sometimes misappropriate other people's memories, subsequently believing them to be our own. She explains how police officers can imprison an innocent...

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