The Veracity of Memory

When we try to remember the events and facts of ideas, we actually remember the versions of our events. If you think about dinner at Thanksgiving five years ago, you probably will say the general idea of ​​Thanksgiving dinner such as turkey, ham, sweet potato. It is not possible to remember and explain the specific details that need attention and caution. Because memory is unique to individuals, I remember the real memories of events and facts. From the book "memories and brains" of Larry R. Squire you can divide memory into three different stages: immediate, short, and long.

At least in general, people working in the legal system must be familiar with how memory works. After the initial debate about the accuracy of the memory recovery in the 1980's, psychologists developed several reliable techniques to study factors that affect erroneous memory formation and maintenance. These studies undoubtedly prove that sensitive individuals can easily produce false memories. "The memory of a witness may be affected by the information gained during the investigation, as long as the witness is repeatedly asked, confidence in correct answers and wrong answers will increase, during which he burned clothes I remembered the Libyan customer who saw the debris and passed through the store after 9 months.

Smith was quiet during the 1992 - 93 grade. But at the beginning of the 1993-94 season, he challenged the authenticity of the newly opened American Holocaust Memorial Museum and started a new advertisement charge in her famous book. Professor Deborah Plattstadt of Emory University attacked. More and more attacks on truth and memory. By the end of the spring semester of 1994, Smith's advertisement was posted in 32 campus newspapers in various forms, but it was rejected by many other people. In December 1993, when advertisement was posted on The Justice (mainly Jewish Brandeis Student Newspaper), a particularly intense controversy occurred and a riot including the New York Times was reported. , "Washington Post" and "Time" magazine. The price of the ad was 130 dollars, but the editors donated it to the Holocaust Memorial Museum, but the check was never respected and the latter refused the money.