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April 29, 2019Journal of Experimental Psychology GeneralOpen Access

Is the public understanding of memory prone to widespread “myths”?

Chris R. Brewin Huiyu Li Vasilina Ntarantana Chloe Unsworth James McNeilis

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Abstract

in a way consistent with scientific evidence. Overall, lay views of memory were considerably more nuanced and in line with research than has been suggested, contradicting claims of widespread memory "myths." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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Brewin et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a640e261a26a71a843434c5 https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000610

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