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The Memory Myth: How Our Brains Rewrite the Past Every Day

The Memory Myth: How Our Brains Rewrite the Past Every Day

Keller, Hans

Paperback

General ParentingGeneral PsychologySelf-Help

ISBN10: 9374120194
ISBN13: 9789374120194
Publisher: Mindful Pages
Published: Feb 3 2026
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Memory feels like evidence; more often it is a story under revision. This book explains how memory works-why the brain rebuilds the past from fragments, goals, and emotions-and shows how that process creates memory bias and false memories in everyday life. You will see why two people can recall the same evening differently, why eyewitness reliability is fragile, and how cognitive biases in recall-from hindsight to confirmation-quietly edit our personal histories. With clear language and real cases, it traces the misinformation effect from leading questions at the dinner table to headlines in your feed, and addresses trauma and memory without hype or denial. Most importantly, it offers tools to be less confident but wrong: simple ways to timeline events, label sources, express graded certainty, and fact-check memory together without humiliation. Whether you're navigating childhood memories, workplace disputes, or family myths, this is a practical guide to remembering more responsibly-and relating more kindly-when the past won't sit still.

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