How does your memory work? How accurate is it? We often mis-remember or forget words and stories. But does the same thing happen with images? One simple test of this is to sit down now and try to draw the buildings in your street. You’ll be surprised how difficult this is, and also what you miss out.
Memory research in psychology often involves ‘boxes in the head’ models, where the researchers end up with a diagram of what is happening in your memory and present it in the form of boxes with lots of arrows. Someone who took a very different approach was the UK psychologist Frederick Bartlett. His book on this topic, written in 1932, is still a classic.
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