False memories have been studied by cognitive psychologists for decades, dating at least to
the pioneering studies of Bartlett (1932). False memories are important theoretically …

Over the years, a large body of literature has shown that humans display losses in memory
with age, but that not all types of memory are affected equally. Similarly, recent evidence …

Abstract Changes in memory performance are one of the hallmark symptoms of mild
cognitive impairment and are affected by healthy aging as well. Pattern separation, which …

A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist's “grip** and thought-provoking” look at
how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In …

Misremembering is a systematic and ordinary occurrence in our daily lives. Since it is
commonly assumed that the function of memory is to remember the past, misremembering is …

Findings from research on false memory have major implications for a number of fields
central to human welfare, such as medicine and law. Although many important conclusions …

As we age we become increasingly susceptible to memory distortions and inaccuracies.
Over the past decade numerous neuroimaging studies have attempted to illuminate the …

The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive
underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and tests (eg, recalling words or …

Sanford Goldberg investigates the role that others play in our attempts to acquire knowledge
of the world. Two main forms of this reliance are examined: testimony cases, where a subject …

We provide a comprehensive review describing research on the qualitative representational
nature of older adults' episodic memories. Our review considers several broad theoretical …