The memory illusion : remembering, forgetting, and the science of false memory / Dr Julia Shaw.
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TextPublisher: London : Random House Books, 2017Description: xv, 288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847947611 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Memory | Memory -- Psychological aspects | Memory -- Social aspects | Psychology | PsychologyDDC classification: 153.1'2 Summary: 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. Here, Julia Shaw uses the latest research to show the astonishing variety of ways in which our brains can indeed be led astray.
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Originally published: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Here, Julia Shaw uses the latest research to show the astonishing variety of ways in which our brains can indeed be led astray.
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