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A review by sleightoffeet
The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory by Julia Shaw
3.0
This book was quite fascinating. I always knew that memory was fallible, but I didn't understand how fragile it really was!
There are a lot of things that have been talked about numerous times, such as the fallacy of repressed memories, the insertion of false memories and how they can lead to things like the satanic panic and wrongful imprisonment. There are also experiments that I hadn't heard of before, and tendencies our minds have that I hadn't thought about before.
For someone interested in science, interesting experiments and questioning everything you thought you remembered, I would recommend this book.
There are a lot of things that have been talked about numerous times, such as the fallacy of repressed memories, the insertion of false memories and how they can lead to things like the satanic panic and wrongful imprisonment. There are also experiments that I hadn't heard of before, and tendencies our minds have that I hadn't thought about before.
For someone interested in science, interesting experiments and questioning everything you thought you remembered, I would recommend this book.