کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5041885 1474162 2017 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Looking the past in the eye: Distortion in memory and the costs and benefits of recalling from an observer perspective
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
نگاهی به گذشته در چشم: تحریف در حافظه و هزینه ها و مزایای یادآوری از دیدگاه ناظر
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب شناختی
چکیده انگلیسی


- Observer perspectives are not (necessarily) distorted memories.
- The relation between memories of trauma, visual perspective in memory, and emotional closure is complex.
- Observer perspectives can be epistemically beneficial for the subject.

Jordi Fernández (2015) discusses the possible benefits of two types of allegedly distorted memories: observer memories and fabricated memories. Fernández argues that even when memory does not preserve the past, some memories can still provide an adaptive benefit for the subject. I explore Fernández's claims focussing on the case of observer perspective memories. For Fernández, observer perspectives are distorted memories because they do not preserve past experience. In contrast, I suggest that observer perspectives can accurately reflect past experience: observer perspectives are not necessarily distorted memories. By looking at the complexity of the relation between remembering trauma from an observer perspective and emotional closure, I also sound a note of caution against Fernández's assertion that observer memories of trauma can be adaptively beneficial. Finally, I suggest that because observer perspectives are not necessarily distorted, but involve a distinct way of thinking about one's past, such memories can be epistemically beneficial.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Consciousness and Cognition - Volume 49, March 2017, Pages 322-332
نویسندگان
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