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Forgotten what the article says? Not really. I've got an impression of it, and I didn't quite liked it. The whole concept of 'false memory' is very murky. There
by dchichkov 13y ago
Forgotten what the article says? Not really. I've got an impression of it, and I didn't quite liked it. The whole concept of 'false memory' is very murky. There are no 'false memories' as such. There are just memories formed under different circumstances. That includes sleep and reflection.
And we just have to agree to disagree about last few statements in that article, on the page two.
Edit: I completely agree with you and with the statement that recounting something may change or reorganize the memory. It is just the concept of 'false' memories that I dislike. It is very poorly defined.
- dsego 13y agoThe concept is entirely fitting. The memory is false because you never save the entire experience as a memory fragment, instead you have bits and pieces and you reconstruct the rest when recollecting. If you reconstruct something that never happened or is factually wrong you are creating a false memory.