PSYC 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Traffic Sign, Relate, Mnemonic
16 Dec 2016
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We infer our past from stored information plus what we later imagined, expected, saw and heard. We don"t just retrieve memories, we reweave them. Information acquired after an event alters memory of event . Exp: one group watched video of accident then answered questions about what they saw. Misinformation effect: incorporating misleading info into one"s memory of an event: so powerful can influence later attitudes and behaviors. Retelling an event (even imagining nonexistent actions and events) may implant false memories (ex: barack obama shaking hands with. Misinfo and imagination effects occur partly because visualizing something and actually perceiving it activate similar brain areas. Imagined events also seem more familiar and familiar things seem more real. More vivid we can imagine things, more liekyl they are to become memories. Frailest part of memory is source (ex: recognize someone but have no idea from where)
