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Lecture 2: What if the memory is not credible?
In this step, we will learn more about our memory is what we reconstructed from the fact, rather than the fact itself.
Our memory is what we reconstructed from the fact rather than the fact itself.
Just like our perception, what we feel about is not really the things in their objective status. So is memory. What we recall consists of our subjective interpretation. That’s why psychologists would use the verb ‘reconstruct’ to describe memory processing.
Memory is not equal to hard evidence – it is the product reconstructed by our brain.
What do you feel about this? Is memory credible? Or it isn’t?
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