{"product_id":"memory-distortion-9780674566767","title":"Memory Distortion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHypnosis, confabulation, source amnesia, flashbulb memories, repressionthese and other topics are explored in this collection of essays by eminent scholars in cognitive psychology, psychopathology, psychiatry, neurobiology, sociology, history, and religious studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a particularly timely book that compiles the presentations from a 1994 conference sponsored by the Harvard Center for the Study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior. The uniqueness of this volume comes from the diversity of its contributors. It brings together neurobiological, cognitive, psychiatric, neuropsychological, and sociocultural perspectives on the issue of memory distortion. The fundamental theme running through this book is that remembering is a process of reconstruction...The volume competently demonstrates that mind-brain sciences have progressed to a level where scientists of differing ilk may each proffer a different level of analysis...and yet have a meaningful dialogue. -- Shitij Kapur, M.D. * American Journal of Psychiatry *\u003cbr\u003eWe owe much to Daniel Schacter for tackling head-on the question of the fallibility of memories. Schacter and colleagues have chosen a challenging interdisciplinary format to present essays on the increasingly controversial topic of memory distortion. This collection of essays emerged from a conference and subsequent discussion groups described as an 'interface between disciplines'. This description embodies the tone of \u003ci\u003eMemory Distortion\u003c\/i\u003e, which takes on the format of a congenial but lively debate among colleagues. -- Mark W. Jacobson and Dean C. Delis * Contemporary Psychology *\u003cbr\u003eHuman memory [is not] like a photograph album, a collection of cassettes, compact discs or videos or any other accumulative archive of the past. Rather, memories are fragmentary, condensed, often distorted and inaccurate representations of past experience. This point is made in impressive detail by all the contributors to this excellent collection of essays on memory distortion...\u003ci\u003eMemory Distortion\u003c\/i\u003e provides an outstanding multidisciplinary perspective on memory accuracy, ranging from cognitive psychology through psychiatry, neuropsychology and neurobiology, to sociocultural analyses. -- Martin A. Conway * Nature *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a superb collection of chapters, which covers an impressive and wide range of topics related to memory distortion...[E]xploring this phenomenon at many levels is absolutely crucial...[and] I recommend the book to everyone with an interest in normal and pathological distortion. -- Lars Nyberg * European Journal of Cognitive Psychology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Gerald D. Fischbach and Joseph T. Coyle   Memory Distortion: History and Current Status Daniel L. Schacter      Part I:  Cognitive Perspectives   The Reality of Illusory Memories Elizabeth F. Loftus, Julie Feldman, and Richard Dashiell   Constructive Memory and Memory Distortions: A Parallel-Distributed Processing Approach James L. McClelland   False Beliefs: Some Developmental and Clinical Considerations Stephen J. Ceci      Part II:  Psychiatric and Psychopathological Perspectives   Hypnosis and Suggestion David Spiegel   Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychobiological Mechanisms of Traumatic Remembrance John H. Krystal, Stephen M. Southwick, and Dennis S. Charney   Mood-congruent Memory Biases in Anxiety and Depression Susan Mineka and Kathleen Nugent      Part III:  Neuropsychological Perspectives   Biological Foundations of Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Memory Larry R. Squire   Confabulation Morris Moscovitch      Part IV:  Neurobiological Perspectives   Emotional Activation, Neuromodulatory Systems, and Memory James L. McGaugh   Speculations on the Fidelity of Memories Stored in Synaptic Connections Rodney A. Swain, Kim E. Armstrong, Thomas A. Comery, Aaron G. Humphreys, Theresa A. Jones, Jeff A. Kleim, and William T. Greenough   Steps Toward a Molecular Definition of Memory Consolidation Ted Abel, Cristina Alberini, Mirella Ghirardi, Yan-You Huang, Peter Nguyen, and Eric R. Kandel      Part V:  Sociocultural Perspectives   Some Patterns and Meanings of Memory Distortion in American History Michael Kammen   Dynamics of Distortion in Collective Memory Michael Schudson   Ancient Egyptian Antijudaism: A Case of Distorted Memory Jan Assmann      Part VI:  Concluding Reflections   Notes on the Cerebral Topography of Memory and Memory Distortion: A Neurologist's Perspective Marek-Marsel Mesulam   Memory Distortion and Anamnesis: A View from the Human Sciences Lawrence E. Sullivan      Contributors   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403597947223,"sku":"9780674566767","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674566767.jpg?v=1730483938","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memory-distortion-9780674566767","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}