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 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. Ranging from cognitive, neurological, and pathological perspectives on memory and belief, to relations between conscious and nonconscious mental processes, to memory and belief in autobiographical narratives, this book will be uniquely stimulating to scholars in several academic disciplines.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-13
9780674007192
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94579505
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Developmental Psychology
Author
Elaine Scarry, Daniel L. Schacter
Publication Name
Memory, Brain, and Belief
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Biology
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
364 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
540g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Daniel L. Schacter, Elaine Scarry
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