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Memory as Reconstructive

By: Eryn J. Newman, Steven Frenda & Elizabeth F. Loftus
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology
Edited by: Harold L. Miller Jr.
Subject:Psychology

In a nationwide survey in the United States, 63% of people said they believed that memory worked like a video recorder, recording information about what they see and experience so it can be accurately played back later. But scientific research makes clear that the video analogy is wrong. And tragic ...

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  Newman, E., Frenda, S., & Loftus, E. (2016). Memory as reconstructive. In H. Miller (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of theory in psychology (pp. 546-548). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346274.n190
  
  Newman, Eryn J., Steven Frenda, and Elizabeth F. Loftus. "Memory as Reconstructive." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology, edited by Miller, Harold L., 546-48. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346274.n190.
  
  Newman, E., Frenda, S. and Loftus, E. 2016. Memory as Reconstructive. In: Harold L. Miller Editor, 2016. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 546-548 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346274.n190> [Accessed 4 Jul 2022].
  
  Newman, Eryn J., et al. "Memory as Reconstructive." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology. Edited by Harold L. Miller. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2016, pp. 546-48. SAGE Knowledge. 4 Jul 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346274.n190.
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