Memory, Brain, and Belief

By: Daniel L. Schacter (Editor), Elaine Scarry (Editor)

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Paperback | 30 September 2001 | Edition Number 1

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The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and belief. This book brings together eminent scholars from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, literature, and medicine to discuss such provocative issues as "false memories," in which people can develop vivid recollections of events that never happened; retrospective biases, in which memories of past experiences are influenced by one's current beliefs; and implicit memory, or the way in which nonconscious influences of past experience shape current beliefs.

Ranging from cognitive, neurological, and pathological perspectives on memory and belief, to relations between conscious and nonconscious mental processes, to memory and belief in autobiographical narratives, this book will be uniquely stimulating to scholars in several academic disciplines.

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The process of recalling things, people and events--using our memory--is something we do every day but think little about. Schacter and Scarry, editors of this collection of conference papers, seek to zero in on this ubiquitous, if ill-defined, activity by examining it from a variety of perspectives...The book's multidisciplinary approach makes for innovative insight into the subject; the writing and research is clear and well presented, accessible to the uninformed reader but still academically rigorous. -- David E. Valencia Library Journal The decidedly interdisciplinary anthology brings together researchers from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, literature and medicine to discuss the nature of memory and belief...Researchers present interesting results indicating that one's own memories of the past are strongly influenced by one's present beliefs, current experience and even nonconscious influences. The picture of memory presented throughout these essays is both fascinating and disquieting...It is uncomfortable to be told that we do not know our own minds and past experiences as well as we think we do, but it makes for captivating reading...An interesting and useful contribution to the growing body of research on memory, belief, and autobiography. -- James R. Beebe Metapsychology 20020128 The eleven chapters, and a masterful summary by Damasio, present many facets of the problem, from the paranoid delusions of the schizophrenic to experimentally provoked errors in memory. -- Robert W. Doty The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Non-Fiction Psychology Physiological & Neuro-Psychology, Biopsychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Memory Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Neurosciences Medicine Other Branches of Medicine

Introduction
Mining the Past to Construct the Future: Memory and Belief as Forms of Knowledge
Cognitive, Neurological, and Pathological Perspectives
Cognitive and Brain Mechanisms of False Memories and Beliefs
Memory and the Brain: New Lessons from Old Syndromes
The Role of Memory in the Delusions Associated with Schizophrenia
Conscious and Nonconscious Aspects of Memory and Belief: From Social Judgments to Brain Mechanisms
Implicit Stereotypes and Memory: The Bounded Rationality of Social Beliefs
Belief and Knowledge as Distinct Forms of Memory
Where in the Brain is the Awareness of One's Past?
Memory and Belief in Autobiographical Recall and Autobiography
Constructing and Appraising Past Selves
Memory and Belief in Development
Autobiography, Identity, and the Fictions of Memory
Autobiography as Moral Battleground Sissela Bok Thinking about Belief: Concluding Remarks
Contributors
Index
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