The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory by Julia Shaw

The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory

Julia Shaw

288 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative slow-paced

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Have you ever forgotten the name of someone you’ve met dozens of times? Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else’s? Or vividly recalled being in a particular place at a particular time, only ...

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