Explicit mentalizing mechanisms and their adaptive role in memory conformity.

Memory conformity occurs when an individual endorses what other individuals remember about past events. Research on memory conformity is currently dominated by a 'forensic' perspective, which views the phenomenon as inherently undesirable. This is because conformity not only distorts the a...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Wheeler, Kevin Allan, Dimitris Tsivilis, Douglas Martin, Fiona Gabbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3630205?pdf=render