Memory and reality
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Memory and reality.
Although it may be disconcerting to contemplate, true and false memories arise in the same way. Memories are attributions that we make about our mental experiences based on their subjective qualities, our prior knowledge and beliefs, our motives and goals, and the social context. This article describes an approach to studying the nature of these mental experiences and the constructive encoding,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Neuroscience
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1097-6256,1546-1726
DOI: 10.1038/nn0409-367