tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964358054810830305.post2457682411734167569..comments2024-01-30T01:36:43.076-08:00Comments on Science Pal: Memory Distortion and its Connection to Realityjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171094684775093233noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964358054810830305.post-32798021144385234282008-05-16T14:04:00.000-07:002008-05-16T14:04:00.000-07:00Yes, memory enables us to make sense of the presen...Yes, memory enables us to make sense of the present. And when it comes to science, we can rely upon published data. So much has been published about the “lost in a mall” study that’s mentioned here. It’s online. Just search for “The Formation of False Memories.” <BR/><BR/>The mall study used the “familial informant” technique, not the “lost-in-mall” technique. It was conceived fall quarter of 1991, not in 1999. It was published in 1995. Loftus’s student, James Coan, and his family had visited a specific mall in Spokane. Coan told his 14-year-old brother, Chris, that Chris had gotten lost during that visit and was found by a man wearing a flannel shirt. Chris agreed, saying the man’s shirt was blue. This apparently proved that Coan had implanted a false memory. Detailed stories about getting lost during an actual family shopping were created for all the study participants by their older relatives. Loftus and Pickrell (1995) reported that 5 of the 24 (p. 723) said they got lost at the mall or in a similar public place. <BR/><BR/>This study is cited by individuals charged with molesting children to claim that the charges are detailed false stories implanted in their accusers by therapists.Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202270843564121504noreply@blogger.com