10.07.2020 |
magazine issue | 01/2020
Can We Believe in Our Own Lies?
keywords:
Lying / memory / Deceptive strategies / False Denials / Feigning Amnesia / Fabrication
Can We Believe in Our Own Lies?
Can we believe in our own lies? Such a question eventually boils down to the issue of whether lying affects memory. This is particularly relevant in the legal arena, where witnesses, offenders, and suspects adopt deceptive strategies in several situations.
Introduction
In 1995, Binjamin Wilkormiski published a book entitled Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood 1939-1948. In his book,...
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