THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER' Truly fascinating' Steve Wright BBC Radio 2- Have you ever forgotten the name of someone you've met dozens of times?- Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else's?- Or vividly recalled being in a particular place at a particular time only to discover later that you couldn't possibly have been? We rely on our memories every day of our lives They make us who we are & yet the truth is they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are In The Memory Illusion forensic psychologist & memory expert Dr Julia Shaw draws on the latest research to show why our memories so often play tricks on us
- & how if we understand their fallibility we can actually improve their accuracy The result is an exploration of our minds that both fascinating & unnerving & that will make you question how much you can ever truly know about yourself Think you have a good memory? Think again A spryly paced fun sometimes frightening exploration of how we remember
- & why everyone remembers things that never truly happened' Pacific Standard