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Zusatztext The book will interest the authors' fellow memory researchers! but it will also reward anyone curious as to why people often remember events differently from how they actually happened and why some people have vivid memories of events that never happened. Klappentext Findings from research on false memory have major implications for a number of fields central to human welfare! such as medicine and law. Although many important conclusions have been reached after a decade or so of intensive research! the majority of them are not well known outside theimmediate field. To make this research accessible to a much wider audience! The Science of False Memory has been written to require little or no background knowledge of the theory and techniques used in memory research. Brainerd and Reyna introduce the volume by considering the progenitors to the modern science of false memory! and noting the remarkable degree to which core themes of contemporary research were anticipated by historical figure such as Binet! Piaget! and Bartlett. They continue with an account of thevaried methods that have been used to study false memory both inside and outside of the laboratory. The first part of the volume focuses on the basic science of false memory! revolving around three topics: old and new theoretical ideas that have been used to explain false memory and make predictionsabout it; research findings and predictions about false memory in normal adults; and research findings and predictions about age-related changes in false memory between early childhood and adulthood. Throughout Part I! Brainerd and Reyna emphasize how current opponent-processes conceptions of falsememory act as a unifying influence by integrating predictions and data across disparate forms of false memory. The second part focuses on the applied science of false memory! revolving around four topics: the falsifiability of witnesses and suspects memories of crimes! including falseconfessions by suspects; the falsifiability of eyewitness identifications of suspects; false-memory reports in investigativeinterviews of child victims and witnesses! particularly in connection with sexual-abuse crimes; false memory in psychotherapy! including recovere Zusammenfassung Weaves together the common threads of the four major topics that comprise the core of false memory research: theories of false memory, adult experimental psychology of false memory, false memory in legal contexts, and false memory in psychotherapy. This book provides a picture of our understanding of human false memory....
