The distinguished contributors to this volume explore the full range of biological phenomena and social ideas relevant to understanding memory distortion, including the reliability of children's recollections, the effects of hypnosis on memory, and confabulation in brain-injured patients. They also look into the activity and role of brain systems, cellular bases of memory distortion, and the effects of emotion and trauma on the accuracy of memory. In a section devoted to the social aspects of memory distortion, additional essays analyze the media's part in distorting social memory, factors influencing historical reconstruction of the collective past, and memory distortion in religion and other cultural constructs. Daniel Schacter launches the collection with a history of psychological memory distortions. Subsequent highlights include new empirical findings on memory retrieval by a pioneer in the field, some of the foremost research on computational models, studies of the relationship between emotion and memory, new findings on amnesia by a premier neuroscientist, and reflections on the power of collective amnesiain U.S. history, the Nazi Holocaust, and ancient Egypt.
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The distinguished contributors to this volume explore the full range of biological phenomena and social ideas relevant to understanding memory distortion, including the reliability of children's recollections, the effects of hypnosis on memory, and confabulation in brain-injured patients. They also look into the activity and role of brain systems, cellular bases of memory distortion, and the effects of emotion and trauma on the accuracy of memory. In a section devoted to the social aspects of memory distortion, additional essays analyze the media's part in distorting social memory, factors influencing historical reconstruction of the collective past, and memory distortion in religion and other cultural constructs. Daniel Schacter launches the collection with a history of psychological memory distortions. Subsequent highlights include new empirical findings on memory retrieval by a pioneer in the field, some of the foremost research on computational models, studies of the relationship between emotion and memory, new findings on amnesia by a premier neuroscientist, and reflections on the power of collective amnesiain U.S. history, the Nazi Holocaust, and ancient Egypt.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 1997 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | September 1997 |
Editors | Daniel L Schacter, Gerald D. Fischbach, Joseph T. Coyle, Marek-Marsel Mesulam, Lawrence E. Sullivan |
Dimensions | 235 x 162 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 432 |
Edition | Revised |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-56676-7 |
Barcode | 9780674566767 |
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LSN | 0-674-56676-9 |