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Is the public understanding of memory prone to widespread "myths"?
2019
Journal of experimental psychology. General
It is frequently asserted that the understanding of memory among the general public and among legal and psychological professionals is deficient, the most prominent examples being that many people appear to liken memory to a video camera, overestimate the association between accuracy and confidence, and believe in repression. The existing evidence is limited to single questionnaire items, however, and to date there has been little investigation of context effects or of the public's underlying
doi:10.1037/xge0000610
pmid:31033323
fatcat:dtspoad4hbd5fbten3gfm3mcly