Abstract

The Study of False Memories: Historical Refl ection

Highlights

  • Este trabalho consiste numa revisão teórica com o objetivo de enquadrar historicamente o modo como as falsas memórias têm sido estudadas

  • While it is true that memory allows us, in most situations, to functionally access information about the past, it is true that these records are rarely a faithful copy of the reality we previously experienced

  • The main focus of memory research is the identification of its potentialities and capabilities, namely through the study and analysis of correct recall or recognition of information, the production of errors and distortions of memory has not been neglected

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Introduction

Este trabalho consiste numa revisão teórica com o objetivo de enquadrar historicamente o modo como as falsas memórias têm sido estudadas. Posteriormente, apresentam-se as primeiras pesquisas realizadas com o objetivo específico de estudar o efeito de perguntas sugestivas no aparecimento de falsas memórias, seguidas dos estudos que recorreram a uma abordagem naturalista tendo-se tornado decisivos para a compreensão deste fenômeno. Posteriormente, se presentan las investigaciones realizadas con el objetivo específico de estudiar el efecto de preguntas sugestivas en las falsas memorias, seguidas de los estudios que recurrieron a un abordaje naturalista y se tornaran decisivos para la comprensión de este fenómeno. While it is true that memory allows us, in most situations, to functionally access information about the past, it is true that these records are rarely a faithful copy of the reality we previously experienced. The truth is that these two presuppositions well reflect the history of the study of memory in general, and of false memories in particular

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