Beth, I think that Gail Collins might have been channeling an idea you presented after Obama won the election. Yesterday she wrote in the NY Times that people will eventually develop false memories for attending the inauguration:
"All this is good news for people who did not vote for Obama but now yearn to have a part in the inaugural events. If you go to Washington, you will be welcomed by happy Obamites wearing name tags and fleece jackets. Even if you dont, you may gradually begin to remember that when you went to the polls, you pulled the Democratic lever. And if the new president does well and manages to resurrect the economy, by 2011 you will clearly recall doing door-to-door canvassing last September in a Yes We Can T-shirt." You can read the whole essay here - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/opinion/17collins.html or tiny http://tinyurl.com/a4j8eh Sorry about the need to cut and paste. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Beth Benoit Sent: Sat 1/17/2009 10:04 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] False memories That wonderful video will play well in class when teaching memory. Thanks for sending it, Allen. I'll be saving it. Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Allen Esterson < [email protected]> wrote: > Chris's link to the Mind Hacks website led to my following their link to > "Remembering", which brought up a rather charming short illustration of how > one's false memories can feel true. > > "One of the delicious ironies of memory is that, even when our > recollections are utterly false, they still feel true. Consider this > wonderful tale from the upcoming season of This American Life": > > http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2008/05/false_memory.php > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > http://www.esterson.org > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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