At root of there is a belief that memory is always accurate.
And that memories can be repressed (Freud)
There is wide spread belief that one can bury traumatic experience in
some crypt of the brain, forget it consciously, and then recover it in pristine form years or decades later.
This is a view of memory, imported (and distorted) from Freud into the popular
culture, and it has been embraced by a whole sector of Western culture
The same problem applies to dreams, indeed to any memory.
Memory is notoriously fallible, and is treacherously easily
misled by expectation.
In 150 years the science of perception has taught us that the way we appreciate
the world around us is as much dependent on our expectations, our experiences,
our inferences, as it is on the hard evidence of images on our retinas or vibrations in our ears.
Source: Colin Blakemore Daily Telegraph
And that memories can be repressed (Freud)
There is wide spread belief that one can bury traumatic experience in
some crypt of the brain, forget it consciously, and then recover it in pristine form years or decades later.
This is a view of memory, imported (and distorted) from Freud into the popular
culture, and it has been embraced by a whole sector of Western culture
The same problem applies to dreams, indeed to any memory.
Memory is notoriously fallible, and is treacherously easily
misled by expectation.
In 150 years the science of perception has taught us that the way we appreciate
the world around us is as much dependent on our expectations, our experiences,
our inferences, as it is on the hard evidence of images on our retinas or vibrations in our ears.
Source: Colin Blakemore Daily Telegraph
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