- Preface [Gerald D. Fischbach and Joseph T. Coyle]
- Memory Distortion: History and Current Status [Daniel L. Schacter]
- 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]
- 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]
- III. Neuropsychological Perspectives
- Biological Foundations of Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Memory [Larry R. Squire]
- Confabulation [Morris Moscovitch]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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
Memory Distortion
How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past
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ISBN 9780674566767
Publication Date: 09/30/1997
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