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Memory, Brain, and Belief (Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative)
Memory Brain and Belief - Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and belief. This book brings together eminent scholars from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, literature, and medicine to discuss such provocative issues as "false memories," in which people can develop... more » vivid recollections of events that never happened; retrospective biases, in which memories of past experiences are influenced by one's current beliefs; and implicit memory, or the way in which nonconscious influences of past experience shape current beliefs. "The process of recalling things, people and events—using our memory—is something we do every day but think little about . . . [Schacter and Scarry] zero in on this ubiquitous, if ill-defined, activity by examining it from a variety of perspectives . . . The book's multidisciplinary approach makes for innovative insight into the subject; the writing and research is clear and well presented." —David E. Valencia, Library Journal« less