The memory illusion
by Julia Shaw · first published 2016
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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. 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 we have the potential for more profound errors of memory, even verging on outright fabrication and self-deception? Dr Julia S
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…possible to have real memories of things that never happened. We can make them entirely on our own, or people can put them into our heads. Real memories of things that never happened. Dr Julia Shaw's "The Memory Illusion" contains a readable account of doing so.
on “Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit (2017)” ↗There's a great book called "The Memory Illusion" by Dr. Julia Shaw http://www.memoryillusion.com/ It's very easy to get false convictions, and to make people believe false memories. There have been widely replicated experiments.
on “Why Lie Detector Tests Can’t Be Trusted” ↗