| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science |
| Editors | Lynn Nadel |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
| Pages | 1076-1081 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
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.