Think you have a good memory? Think again.
Memories are our most cherished possessions. We rely on them every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. True, we can all admit to having suffered occasional memory lapses, such as entering a room and immediately forgetting why, or suddenly being unable to recall the name of someone we've met dozens of times. But what if our minds have the potential for more profound errors, that enable the manipulation or even outright fabrication of our memories?
In The Memory Illusion, forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Julia Shaw uses the latest research to show the astonishing variety of ways in which our brains can indeed be led astray. She shows why we can sometimes misappropriate other people's memories, subsequently believing them to be our own. She explains how police officers can imprison an innocent man for life on the basis of many denials and just one confession. She demonstrates the way radically false memories can be deliberately implanted, leading people to believe they had tea with Prince Charles, or committed crimes that never happened. And she reveals how, in spite of all this, we can improve our memory through simple awareness of its fallibility.
Fascinating and unnerving in equal measure, The Memory Illusion offers a unique insight into the human brain, challenging you to question how much you can ever truly know about yourself.
Dr Julia Shaw is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Law and Social Sciences at London South Bank University, and is one of only a handful of experts in the world who conduct research on complex memory errors related to emotional personal events – so-called ‘rich false memories’. Dr Shaw has published research articles in various international academic journals, has written textbook chapters, is a regular contributor to the popular science magazine Scientific American, and gives guest lectures and conference presentations around the world. She also teaches classes at undergraduate and graduate level, for which she has won two teaching excellence awards. Besides her teaching and research, she has delivered general business and police-training workshops, has evaluated offender diversion programs, and works with the UK police to advise on historical sexual and physical abuse cases. She has also been featured as an expert on TV, radio, and in UK and international newspapers.
弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫曾经在他的自传体小说《说吧,记忆》有一句到我现在还记得的话:“摇篮在一道深渊上晃动,而常识告诉我们,我们的存在只是一道短暂的光缝,介于两片黑暗的永恒之间。” 最近看了一位在英国大学教授犯罪学和和心理学的美女作家的书,她叫茱莉亚·肖(...
评分记忆有两种解说,一种是构成智力的元素,另一个则是指我们头脑中对过去经历过事物的印记。想要拥有生活必然离不开记忆,但是你可知道我们已有的许多对于记忆的认识有偏差么?来自英国犯罪心理学的作者茱莉亚·肖将在《记忆错觉》这本书中为读者朋友们呈现一系列令人惊讶的研究...
评分记忆是一种很神奇的存在,它从生命体出生,成长,一直到死亡。记忆对于每一个人都至关重要,它塑造了我们的经历,围绕着记忆我们形成了自己的身份、关系、期望和梦想。 现实中,有人记忆力超强,有人记忆力却很差。曾经看《最强大脑》,我非常羡慕那些对数字,对细节十分敏感的...
评分我们童年最早的记忆是什么时候?可能知道五六岁的记忆,更早点的也就三四岁开始记忆。在我们的认知里,我们都会认为生命是用记忆累积的,你知道自己活了三十岁不是因为身份证上的记录着出生年月,而是对过去三十年的回忆。 但是今天看完茱莉亚.肖的《记忆错觉》才知道我们记忆...
自个儿译的中文版,第一个标记?:-P 没有了记忆,你将不再是你……
评分自个儿译的中文版,第一个标记?:-P 没有了记忆,你将不再是你……
评分自个儿译的中文版,第一个标记?:-P 没有了记忆,你将不再是你……
评分自个儿译的中文版,第一个标记?:-P 没有了记忆,你将不再是你……
评分自个儿译的中文版,第一个标记?:-P 没有了记忆,你将不再是你……
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