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Grounded by an Autobiographic Memory
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Do you pride yourself on your infallible memory? Well think again. Memories about ourselves and the events of our lives are nurtured by our Autobiographic Memory and, shockingly, it turns out that it is unreliable by design. Our story centres on Brian Williams, America's one-time No. 1 news anchor. He reported from the front line in 2003 at the start of the Iraq War when the Americans were hunting down weapons of mass destruction. He braved Chinook helicopter missions within firing distance of enemy lines and returned to America a hero.
Twelve years later, it all came crashing down. We find out why with some help from Dr Andrew Dunn, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, with specific research interests in perception, developmental psychology and memory. We discover what really happened to Brian Williams and reveal the wonder of Autobiographic Memory, its fallibility and its role in helping us to flourish as social animals.
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