The Adaptive Nature of Memory and Its Illusions
The Adaptive Nature of Memory and Its Illusions
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DOI：
10.1177/0963721411416571
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发表时间：
2011-10-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Howe, Mark L.
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作者：
Howe, Mark L.
在这篇文章中，我将讨论错误记忆并不总是与负面结果相关。事实上，在某些情况下，记忆错觉，就像其他更普遍的错觉一样，可以产生积极的后果。我在记忆的适应功能的背景下讨论这些后果，包括错误记忆如何对随后的行为和问题解决产生与适应相关的益处。我希望这篇文章能改变错觉的概念化，特别是那些来自记忆的错觉。错觉并不是一个困扰我们记忆理论的“恶魔”，我们可以认为它有时会产生积极的影响，就像一个非常强大的适应性记忆系统的许多其他输出一样。
In this article I discuss how false memories do not always have to be associated with negative outcomes. Indeed, under some circumstances, memory illusions, like other illusions more generally, can have positive consequences. I discuss these consequences in the context of the adaptive function of memory, including how false memories can have fitness-relevant benefits for subsequent behavior and problem solving. My hope is that this article changes how illusions are conceptualized, especially those arising from memory. Rather than being a "demon" that vexes our theories of memory, illusions can be thought of as sometimes having positive consequences much in the same way as many of the other outputs of a very powerful, adaptive memory system.