POPULAR MYTHS ABOUT MEMORY

Misconceptions about memory phenomena often go handinhand with popular misrepresentations about the function of memory in movies novels television and other forms of popular media In this book Brian H Bornstein draws on examples of these media representations to examine a number of memory myths dealing with an array of topics including memory permanence recovered memory and repression amnesia eyewitness memory superior memory and other topics Bornstein examines how these myths about memory clash with scientific research findings and discusses the consequences of these myths and possible strategies for debunking them Popular Myths about Memory Media Representations versus Scientific Evidence is recommended for scholars interested in psychology media and film studies communication studies and sociology