HOW RELIABLE ARE OUR MEMORIES?

Not very according to experts like Elizabeth Loftus and Pascal Roullet. Do your research into the mechanics of storing and recalling memories to discover why. When you are done, write an essay in which you discuss the reasons why are memories are unreliable.

Familiarize yourself with issue

·         How reliable is you memory? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4RVgCidXPY

·         Manufacturing memories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcywPdORySA

Reading material to make notes on

·         Unreliable memory https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hidden-motives/201203/unreliable-memory

·         Why are memories are unreliable? http://www.humantruth.info/why_are_memories_unreliable.html

·         Are all our memories real? http://thescienceexplorer.com/are-your-memories-real

Videos to take notes from

·         How reliable is our memory? https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory

·         Tricky Memories http://www.yousubtitles.com/Tricky-Memory-Arte-Documentary-id-829856
      Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com/