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October 23, 2004
Researcher Show How False Memories Are Formed
Northwestern University Press Release, 23 Oct 04
False memories are the controversial subject of hotly contested arguments about the validity of repressed memories that can surface years after a traumatic event and about the credibility of eyewitness accounts in criminal trials. Because memories are imperfect under ordinary circumstances ?? forming, storing and retrieving them, with great variations in factors influencing those processes ?? it is unlikely that a one-answer-fits-all will settle those controversies soon. But a group of researchers from various disciplines at Northwestern University literally have peered into the brain to offer new evidence on the existence of false memories and how they are formed. Published in the journal Psychological Science, the new study used MRI technology to pinpoint how people form a memory for something that didn??t actually happen. http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2004/10/kenneth.html
Posted by Emma at October 23, 2004 06:26 PM
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