… do not account for both types of distortions, which appear to be in opposition. Here, we
demonstrate that both types of memory distortion may confer functional benefits under different …

… Despite the importance and pervasiveness of these memory distortions, to date there have
been 97 few attempts to understand why memories sometimes attract, while at other times …

… an adaptive benefit for the subject. I explore Fernández’s claims focussing on the case of
observer perspective memories. … bestows, and the types of memory distortion that can occur (…

… Here, we demonstrate a case where memory distortion is adaptive, … of memory distortion
that is in line with what we would expect from an adaptive perspective on false and true memory, …

… We do fully support the need to understand the perspective of the person with dementia and
… be adaptive in other ways. Self-related information can be enhanced in memory distortions …

… indicated to produce impairment in memory. In memory distortions, memory impairments are
… The limitations and future directions of what we can study regarding memory distortion and …

… memory for the episodes that contributed to its acquisition. We aimed to quantify distortions in
episodic memories … We decomposed location memory into 2 measures: error, a measure of …

… time, strength of memory reactivation, and memory distortions (activated lures recognized …
memory strength of reactivated targets acts as a protective factor against memory distortions, …

… Memory as adaptive-reconstructive … to memory distortion and inaccuracies with various
neural mechanisms implicated (see [37]). This link between aging and erroneous memory can be …

… ), and that memory malleability springs from evolutionary adaptive cognitive processes (Schacter,
Guerin, & St Jacques, 2011). If it were adaptive in evolutionary history for memory to be …