Abstract

EISENKRAEMER, Raquel Eloísa. In the outskirts of the false memoirs. Ciênc. cogn. [online]. 2006, vol.9, pp. 97-110. ISSN 1806-5821.

The present article reveals some aspects about the memory, mainly our capacity of remember what didn't happen. We explain, from bibliographical risings, the general sense of the memory, the first theories and the types of memory. Then we analyze the possibility of to modify a real event, in other words, of we create false recalls. The memory is initially established and registered, but it can be modified by the acquisition of new information, as well as for subsequent episodes of recapitulation and evocation. The corroboration of an event to a person can be a powerful technique to induce to a false memory; in fact, the affirmation that a person see an other person making something wandered is already enough to drive the person to a false conclusion. A false evidence can induce the person to accept the fault for something that he didn't commit and developing memories to support their fault feeling. © Ciências & Cognição 2006; Vol. 09: xxx-xxx.

Keywords : memory; false memory; recall..

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