Memory Gaps and Memory Errors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23733367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey S Neuschatz (University of Alabama in Huntsville), Stacy A Wetmore (0000-0002-5820-3340, University of Oklahoma), Scott D Gronlund (0000-0002-6469-8634, University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0215 |
| OpenAlex | W1519301801 |
| ISBN | 9781118900772 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 51 |
Memory is a reconstructive process, relying on pre‐existing shared knowledge to help us comprehend and interpret what we experience. A reliance on prior knowledge is a vital aid to communication and comprehension, but, as a consequence, results in the modification of some details in an event, the addition of other details, or even the fabrication of entire new events. We review classic research that first demonstrated the phenomenon of reconstructive memory and the capability of prior knowledge to influence what people remember. We next discuss cutting‐edge research involving memory gaps and memory errors, including autobiographical memories, distinguishing true from false memories, memory conformity, and potential adaptive reasons for memory errors. Finally, we point to directions for the future research.
Autobiographical memory · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Comprehension · Epistemology · Event (particle physics) · Explicit memory · Human memory · Memory errors · Phenomenon · Process (computing) · Recall · Reconstructive memory · Semantic memory · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Memory Processes and Influences · Neuroscience · Psychology
The Science of False Memory
Creating false memories
The abstraction of linguistic ideas
Memory distortion
Semantic integration of verbal information into a visual memory.
On the prediction of occurrence of particular verbal intrusions in immediate recall.
Reconstruction of automobile destruction
Role of schemata in memory for places
The Formation of False Memories
"Schema abstraction" in a multiple-trace memory model.
The reality of repressed memories
On the permanence of stored information in the human brain
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |