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Media, technology, and the sins of memory
2021
Memory, Mind & Media
AbstractHuman memory is prone to error and distortion. It has been proposed that memory's misdeeds can be classified into seven categories or 'sins'. This article discusses the impact of media and technology on four memory sins: transience (forgetting over time), absent-mindedness (lapses in attention that produce forgetting), misattribution (attributing a memory to the wrong source), and suggestibility (implanted memories). Growing concerns have been expressed about the negative impact of
doi:10.1017/mem.2021.3
pmid:34423305
pmcid:PMC8373035
fatcat:cw4d2ma7djcpfnxcj6mdzsr6za