The misinformation effect refers to the impairment in memory for the past that arises after
exposure to misleading information. The phenomenon has been investigated for at least 30 …

Research in nonhuman animals suggests that reactivation can induce a transient, unstable
state in a previously consolidated memory, during which the memory can be disrupted or …

In this article we argue that self-deception evolved to facilitate interpersonal deception by
allowing people to avoid the cues to conscious deception that might reveal deceptive intent …

This Classic Edition of the best-selling textbook offers an in-depth overview of approaches to
the study of memory. With empirical research from both the real world and the …

Two experiments (modeled after J. Deese's 1959 study) revealed remarkable levels of false
recall and false recognition in a list learning paradigm. In Exp 1, Ss studied lists of 12 words …

Metacognition is the first textbook to focus on people's extraordinary ability to evaluate and
control their cognitive processes. This comprehensive text covers both theoretical and …

Memory. There may be nothing more important to human beings than our ability to enshrine
experience and recall it. While philosophers and poets have elevated memory to an almost …

En el año 1876, Ezequías Marco César Lombroso Leví publicó El hombre delincuente, cuyo
contenido estaba basado en un largo periodo de investigación sobre las características …

by ELIZABETH F. LOFTUS, PhD; and JACQUELINE E. PICKRELL, BA or most of this
century, experimental psychologists have been interested in how and why memory fails. As …

A central tenet of attachment theory is that a person's attachment pattern in adulthood is a
reflection of his or her attachment history—-beginning with the person's earliest attachment …