This is how memory always works

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by ben_tilly

3/18/05 4:01:46 PM

This is how memory always works

We rehearse and reconstruct what we think happened into our final memory. In the process details get changed, eliminated, and added to fit the narrative that we have.

This is widely recognized as one of the biggest problems with eyewitness reports. In an extreme form, this is also the source of false memory syndrome.

Cheers,
Ben

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dreams can be predictive retrospectally - (boxley) - March 16, 2005, 10:52:30 PM EST

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Think critically about it. - (pwhysall) - (18) - March 17, 2005, 11:58:04 AM EST

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Gah, sorry. I use nerd/geek interchangeably - (ben_tilly) - (3) - March 18, 2005, 03:52:44 PM EST

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Couldn't speak for the east... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - March 21, 2005, 05:00:10 PM EST

And in the UK, neither have particularly +ve connotations. -NT - (pwhysall) - March 21, 2005, 05:02:08 PM EST

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OT: To do a Linky - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 19, 2005, 11:46:39 AM EST

Don't forget option 3 - (ben_tilly) - March 19, 2005, 11:47:02 AM EST

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OT - your picture - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - March 18, 2005, 02:42:47 PM EST

Re: OT - your picture - (Steven A S) - (1) - March 18, 2005, 04:18:17 PM EST

OT - twiddle the gamma. - (static) - March 21, 2005, 09:42:07 PM EST

This is how memory always works - (ben_tilly) - March 18, 2005, 04:01:46 PM EST

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