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Everyday Neuro 010: Distortions of Memory - Truth, Lies and Eyewitness Testimony
Everyday Neuro 010: Distortions of Memory - Truth, Lies and Eyewitness Testimony
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31 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2018
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Podcast episode
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In this episode, I invite you to take part in tasks to help illustrate the use of schemas, or packages of information, that help to guide our memory and how such energy saving ‘short-cuts’ by our brain can lead to distortions in recollection. I talk about the misbeliefs we have about our own memory abilities and reasons these occur using evidence from research. In the final part of the episode, I discuss the rise in interest in true crime and eyewitness testimony, how errors occur and why this is an area of controversy in the study of memory. Get bonus content on Patreon Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/everyday-neuro-psychology-and-neuroscience-podcast-series.
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Released:
Nov 30, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (23)
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