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The memory illusion : why you might not be who you think you are

by Julia Shaw

This work explores the science of memory fallibility, analysing how the brain creates false recollections and can be manipulated into believing fabricated events. It examines the psychological mechanisms behind these illusions and their impact on personal identity.

Accession 13054 ISBN 9780385685290 Publisher Doubleday Canada
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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. 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 man for life on the basis of 300 denials and just one confession. She demonstrates the way radically false memories can be deliberately implanted, leading people to believe that they brutally murdered a loved one, or were abducted by aliens. And she reveals how, in spite of all this, we can improve our memory through simple awareness of its fallibility. --from dust jacket.

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