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waheela's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Very interesting book…as far as I can remember ;)
I thought it touched broadly on the different aspects of the subject.
I thought it touched broadly on the different aspects of the subject.
lemaog's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
3.0
Interessantes Thema und anregender, unterhaltsamer Schreibstil, aber mir ist es leider zu oberflächlich geblieben. Viele Dinge kannte ich schon und hätte mir mehr wissenschaftlichen Hintergrund gewünscht, aber das Buch richtet sich eher an Personen ohne psychologischen/neurologischen Hintergrund. Schade, hätte mehr Potential gehabt.
aliciagriggs's review against another edition
4.0
I started reading this book over 3.5 years ago, but wavered in my attention (not because it wasn't interesting, but I'm simply more of a fiction girl). I finally read it from the start and pleased I did. It's a fascinating read that made me feel disconcerted and reassured all in one. We can't trust our memory is the key takeaway. But don't take my word for it, I may have remembered the book incorrectly...
If you're interested in psychology, sociology, or simply how the memory works, this will be a good book to read. There were parts I didn't find too interesting, or that simply went on too long, but overall it was well-paced and held my attention.
If you're interested in psychology, sociology, or simply how the memory works, this will be a good book to read. There were parts I didn't find too interesting, or that simply went on too long, but overall it was well-paced and held my attention.
toniclark's review against another edition
5.0
It’s a little scary to think of how much of our past is probably fictional — especially since our sense of self very much depends on our memories. It’s equally scary to think about what or who we’d be without them. This book draws together many different lines of memory research, including studies of false memories, cognitive biases, flashbulb memories. It’s amazing how prone to errors, both small and large, our memories are. And it’s sobering to consider the implications for eyewitness testimony and the criminal justice system. Shaw is not only a memory researcher herself, but also a criminal psychologist. In this book, she draws on psychology, neuroscience, and criminology to illustrate the many different kinds of memory errors we can and do make all the time and why it’s natural to do so.
The book does lead us to question our own histories and raises some fascinating questions about our constructions of reality. It can also make us more tolerant of others’ memory mistakes and a little less likely to insist, when we disagree with someone else’s recollection of events, that our own version is the true one.
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator, Siri Steinmo, was just wonderful. I usually prefer books read by the author for they are much more likely to sound like someone talking to me than someone reading to me. But this one is an exception. I noted a few mispronounced words, but they’re not frequent enough to worry over. A fascinating read or listen!
The book does lead us to question our own histories and raises some fascinating questions about our constructions of reality. It can also make us more tolerant of others’ memory mistakes and a little less likely to insist, when we disagree with someone else’s recollection of events, that our own version is the true one.
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator, Siri Steinmo, was just wonderful. I usually prefer books read by the author for they are much more likely to sound like someone talking to me than someone reading to me. But this one is an exception. I noted a few mispronounced words, but they’re not frequent enough to worry over. A fascinating read or listen!
rfw262's review against another edition
3.0
Made me realize that I've over estimated my ability to remember things.