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This 3 page paper examines an article entitled Memory Errors Extend to Perception. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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memory in which people remember a picture as set at a wider angle than it actually was" ("Memory Errors Extend to Perception," 2009, 215). This research may in fact help
to explain why people remember things erroneously. An example is provided by authors who say that after remembering an image of garbage cans in front of a fence, for instance,
people are able to remember the scene with the picture boundaries ("Memory Errors Extend to Perception," 2009). But they remember the boundaries in an extended manner ("Memory Errors Extend to
Perception," 2009). That is, they remember the scene with smaller cans and a greater area of fencing ("Memory Errors Extend to Perception," 2009). Authors go on to explain that memory
distortions such as these are attached to meaningful reconstructions ("Memory Errors Extend to Perception," 2009). The reason the memory is different from the actual events is that memory fades during
the retention period ("Memory Errors Extend to Perception," 2009). That is, when someone experiences an event, they remember it fully and colorfully perhaps for a few seconds and then, as
the day wears on, the memory may not be as exacting. The next day and the day after that, the memory may still be there-particularly if it is a significant
event-but things change a little. The memory may play tricks. Distortions may occur. Of course, the article also points out that memory may fade even within seconds. Authors report on
an experiment by Intraub and Dickinson ("Memory Errors Extend to Perception," 2009). These scientists demonstrated that boundary extension could even occur during short intervals "such as the duration of a
saccade, or as little as 42 msec." ("Memory Errors Extend to Perception," 2009). Clearly, distortions can occur almost immediately. The authors go on to say that errors during such
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