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november 09, 2003
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False memories have characteristic brain activity.
A study has revealed characteristic activity in the brain that predicts whether a memory is accurate or false. The difference occurs at the time of recall, suggesting that a test for false memory might one day be possible.
Daniel Schacter and Scott Slotnick, at Harvard University, Massachusetts, found that sensory areas of the brain, rather than the regions thought to deal specifically with memory, are more active when people recall information correctly.
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However, Schacter points out that their work currently averages brain activity over many trials, so detecting the accuracy of a single memory is not yet possible.
Det är Schacters bok The Seven Sins of Memory som jag just nu håller på att läsa (samtidigt som jag gör mina läshastighetsexperiment).
Se även Schacter Lab samt min anteckning Memory Morphing (minnesförvrängning).
Posted by hakank at november 9, 2003 02:29 EM Posted to Kognitiva illusioner