The Truth Behind False Memories

A false memory is a memory for something that never happened to you. Memory is easily manipulated and can change without our awareness. In my talk I discuss different ways that false memories are created and how most people do not recognize the difference between an accurate and a false memory.

About the Speaker:
Jill Yamashita, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and has been teaching at California State University, Monterey Bay since 2009. She earned her doctorate degree from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2003. She studies false memory, face perception and eyewitness memory.

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