Memory, Brain, and Belief

Name: Memory, Brain, and Belief
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ISBN: 9780674007192

ISBN-10: 0674007190

ISBN-13: 9780674007192

Edition: 2000

Authors: Daniel L. Schacter, Elaine Scarry

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The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and belief. This book brings together eminent scholars from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, literature, and medicine to discuss such provocative issues as "false memories," in which people can develop vivid recollections of events that never happened; retrospective biases, in which memories of past experiences are influenced by one's current beliefs; and implicit memory, or the way in which nonconscious influences of past experience shape current beliefs. Ranging from cognitive, neurological, and pathological perspectives on memory and belief,…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction




Mining the Past to Construct the Future: Memory and Belief as Forms of Knowledge




Cognitive, Neurological, and Pathological Perspectives



Cognitive and Brain Mechanisms of False Memories and Beliefs




Memory and the Brain: New Lessons from Old Syndromes




The Role of Memory in the Delusions Associated with Schizophrenia




Conscious and Nonconscious Aspects of Memory and Belief: From Social Judgments to Brain Mechanisms



Implicit Stereotypes and Memory: The Bounded Rationality of Social Beliefs




Belief and Knowledge as Distinct Forms of Memory




Where in the Brain is the Awareness of One's Past?




Memory and Belief in Autobiographical Recall and Autobiography



Constructing and Appraising Past Selves




Memory and Belief in Development




Autobiography, Identity, and the Fictions of Memory




Autobiography as Moral Battleground Sissela Bok Thinking about Belief: Concluding Remarks



Contributors


Index