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Memory Distortions and Forgetting

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Abstract

Forgetting refers to the failure to remember specific facts or events that took place in the past. In contrast, memory distortion includes many ways in which what a person does remember can deviate from what actually happened.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Subtitle of host publicationNadel/Cognitive
Publisherwiley
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9780470018866
ISBN (Print)9780470016190
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2006

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Keywords

  • false memory
  • memory accuracy
  • memory illusions
  • metamemory
  • source monitoring

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine
  • General Neuroscience
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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