Memory distortion : how minds, brains, and societies reconstruct the past

Hypnosis, confabulation, source amnesia, flashbulb memories, repression - these and numerous additional topics are explored in this collection of essays by scholars from a range of disciplines.

The book focuses on memory distortion to unite contributions from cognitive psychology, psychopathology, psychiatry, neurobiology, sociology, history, and religious studies.

It brings the most relevant group of perspectives to bear on some key contemporary issues, including the value of eyewitness testimony and the accuracy of recovered memories of sexual abuse.