I've always been fascinated by friends and colleagues who thought they had great memories. They remembered almost everything. Problem was on several occasions what they remembered was no where close to what actually happened. Even when I showed them notes, they still insist their memory could not have been wrong. I've always been confused by this as on all occasions it was obvious that they truly believed what they were saying.
I recently came across a talk that addressed this issue, albeit in a much more serious way where these memory lapses had dramatic consequences. Check this out.
"Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus shares some startling stories and statistics -- and raises some important ethical questions."
I recently came across a talk that addressed this issue, albeit in a much more serious way where these memory lapses had dramatic consequences. Check this out.
"Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus shares some startling stories and statistics -- and raises some important ethical questions."
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