Age-related cognitive changes often include difficulties in retrieving memories, particularly
those that rely on personal experiences within their temporal and spatial contexts (ie …

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 …

The present study performed a quantitative meta-analysis of functional MRI studies that used
a subsequent memory approach. The meta-analysis considered both subsequent memory …

This article reviews research using the Deese/Roediger—McDermott (DRM) associative
memory illusion, whereby people falsely remember words that were not presented. This …

Focusing primarily on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), this article reviews
evidence regarding the roles of subregions of the medial temporal lobes, prefrontal cortex …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

Memories are not stored as exact copies of our experiences. As a result, remembering is
subject not only to memory failure, but to inaccuracies and distortions as well. Although such …

The formation of episodic memories—memories for life events—is affected by attention
during event processing. A leading neurobiological model of attention posits two separate …

An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the
input but results from the brain's internal construction process. When we read a text or listen …

Human memory is not a literal reproduction of the past, but instead relies on constructive
processes that are sometimes prone to error and distortion. Understanding of constructive …