2 What Is Memory?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. 1 What’s This Book About? 1
5. 2 What Is Memory? 11
6. 3 Why Is It Good to Forget? 32
7. 4 Why Are We Not Better Eyewitnesses? 47
8. 5 Why Does New Information Sometimes Change Our Memories of the Past? 75
9. 6 Why Do We Build Entirely False Memories? 94
10. 7 Who Is Susceptible to False Memories? 124
11. 8 How Does Emotion Affect Our Memories? 141
12. 9 How Do Our Memories Function in a Digital World? 167
13. 10 How Do Our Flawed Memories Affect Our Behaviour? 183
14. 11 Is It Ethical to Question and Manipulate Memory? 199
15. 12 So Now What? 213
16. NOTES 221
17. INDEX 233