Keyword

memory distortion

Description: An alteration or inaccuracy in the recollection or reconstruction of past events, studied in cognitive psychology and related fields.

Primary topic: Memory Processes and Influences (59%)

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Aging and motivated cognition: the positivity effect in attention and memory

2005 · Mara Mather, Laura L. Carstensen · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 1,908

The cognitive neuroscience of constructive memory: remembering the past and imagining the future

2007 · Daniel L Schacter, Donna Rose Addis · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1,836

Semantic integration of verbal information into a visual memory.

1978 · Elizabeth F. Loftus, David G. Miller, et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory · 1,511

Searching for memory: the brain, the mind, and the past

1996 · Choice Reviews Online · 1,317

Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory: Figure 1.

2005 · Elizabeth F. Loftus · Learning & Memory · 1,296

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Leading questions and the eyewitness report

1975 · Elizabeth F Loftus · Cognitive Psychology · 1,233

The seven sins of memory: Insights from psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

1999 · Daniel L. Schacter · American Psychologist · 1,132

The Formation of False Memories

1995 · Elizabeth F Loftus, Jacqueline E Pickrell · Psychiatric Annals · 1,122

Suggestibility of the child witness: A historical review and synthesis.

1993 · Stephen J. Ceci, Maggie Bruck · Psychological Bulletin · 1,020

The seven sins of memory: how the mind forgets and remembers

2001 · Choice Reviews Online · 923

The Creative Cognition Approach

1995 · The MIT Press eBooks · 912

The reality of repressed memories.

1993 · Elizabeth F. Loftus · American Psychologist · 890

Hindsight: Biased judgments of past events after the outcomes are known.

1990 · Scott A. Hawkins, Reid Hastie · Psychological Bulletin · 855

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Constructive Memory

1998 · Daniel L. Schacter, Kenneth A. Norman, et al. · Annual Review of Psychology · 826

Recall of childhood trauma: A prospective study of women's memories of child sexual abuse.

1994 · Linda Meyer Williams · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 820

False recognition produced by implicit verbal responses.

1965 · Benton J. Underwood · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 678

Misleading postevent information and memory for events: Arguments and evidence against memory impairment hypotheses.

1985 · Michael McCloskey, Maria Zaragoza · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 675

Recall of childhood trauma: A prospective study of women's memories of child sexual abuse.

1994 · Linda Meyer Williams · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 671

Fuzzy-Trace Theory and False Memory

2002 · C.J. Brainerd, V.F. Reyna · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 667

Autobiographical Memory

1986 · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 657

Willpower and Personal Rules

2004 · Roland Bénabou, Jean Tirole · Journal of Political Economy · 612

Becoming famous overnight: Limits on the ability to avoid unconscious influences of the past.

1989 · Larry L. Jacoby, Colleen Kelley, et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 603

Eyewitness testimony : psychological perspectives

1984 · Gary L. Wells, Elizabeth F. Loftus · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 590

The Science of False Memory

2005 · 586

The Social Psychology of False Confessions: Compliance, Internalization, and Confabulation

1996 · Saul M. Kassin, Katherine L. Kiechel · Psychological Science · 582

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Citation count: 112,000