Everyday Neuro 010: Distortions of Memory - Truth, Lies and Eyewitness Testimony

Distortions of Memory - Truth, Lies and Eyewitness Testimony31:07Dr Janine Cooper: Cognitive Psychologist, Neuroscientist, Neuropsychology Researcher and PodcasterEveryday Neuro: Neuropsychology and Neuroscience PodcastsPodcast1

Episode 10 of the Everyday Neuro: Psychology and Neuroscience Podcast podcast, hosted by Dr Janine Cooper: Cognitive Psychologist, Neuroscientist, Neuropsychology researcher., titled "Everyday Neuro 010: Distortions of Memory - Truth, Lies and Eyewitness Testimony" was published on November 30, 2018 and runs 31 minutes.

November 30, 2018 ·31m · Everyday Neuro: Psychology and Neuroscience Podcast

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Summary

In this episode, I invite you to take part in tasks to help illustrate the use of schemas, or packages of information, that help to guide our memory and how such energy saving ‘short-cuts’ by our brain can lead to distortions in recollection. I talk about the misbeliefs we have about our own memory abilities and reasons these occur using evidence from research. In the final part of the episode, I discuss the rise in interest in true crime and eyewitness testimony, how errors occur and why this is an area of controversy in the study of memory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode, I invite you to take part in tasks to help illustrate the use of schemas, or packages of information, that help to guide our memory and how such energy saving ‘short-cuts’ by our brain can lead to distortions in recollection. I talk about the misbeliefs we have about our own memory abilities and reasons these occur using evidence from research. In the final part of the episode, I discuss the rise in interest in true crime and eyewitness testimony, how errors occur and why this is an area of controversy in the study of memory.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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