Memory is prone to distortions that can have serious consequences in everyday life. Here
we integrate emerging evidence that several types of memory distortions–imagination …

Memory serves critical functions in everyday life but is also prone to error. This article
examines adaptive constructive processes, which play a functional role in memory and …

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

Eyewitnesses are often called upon to report information about what they have seen. A
wealth of research from the past century has demonstrated, however, that eyewitness …

The misinformation effect occurs when people's memory of an event is altered by
subsequent inaccurate information. No study has systematically tested theories about the …

Exposure to 'fake news' can result in false memories, with possible consequences for
downstream behaviour. Given the sharp rise in online misinformation during the coronavirus …

The recent identification of highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) raised the
possibility that there may be individuals who are immune to memory distortions. We …

David Groome with Hazel Dewart, Anthony Esgate, Kevin Gurney, Richard Kemp, and
Nicola Towell. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders is a …

Exposure to fake news stories can result in false memories for the events portrayed, and this
effect can be enhanced if the stories conform to the reader's ideological position. We …

Decades of research show that people are susceptible to developing false memories. But if
they do so in one task, are they likely to do so in a different one? The answer:“No”. In the …