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The Science of False Memory (Hardcover)
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The Science of False Memory (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Psychology Series, 38
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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 the immediate 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 the varied 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 predictions about 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 false
memory 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 false confessions by
suspects; the falsifiability of eyewitness identifications of
suspects; false-memory reports in investigative interviews of child
victims and witnesses, particularly in connection with sexual-abuse
crimes; false memory in psychotherapy, including recovered memories
of childhood abuse, multiple-personality disorders, and recovered
memories of previous lives. Although Part II is concerned with
applied research, Brainerd and Reyna continue to emphasize the
unifying influence of opponent-processes conceptions of false
memory. The third part focuses on emerging trends, revolving around
three expanding areas of false-memory research: mathematical
models, aging effects, and cognitive neuroscience. False Memory
will be an invaluable resource for professional researchers,
practitioners, and students in the many fields for which
false-memory research has implications, including child-protective
services, clinical psychology, law, criminal justice, elementary
and secondary education, general medicine, journalism, and
psychiatry.
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