Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Memory. 2022 Jan;30(1):37-42. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2021.1873391. Epub 2021 Jan 17.
Memory serves critical functions in everyday life, but it is also vulnerable to error and illusion. Two decades ago, I proposed that memory errors could be classified into seven basic categories or "sins": , and I argued that each of the seven sins provides important insights concerning the fundamentally constructive nature of human memory, while at the same time reflecting its adaptive features. In this article I briefly summarise some key developments during the past two decades that have increased our understanding of the nature, consequences, and adaptive functions of the memory sins.
记忆在日常生活中起着至关重要的作用，但它也容易出错和产生幻觉。二十年前，我提出记忆错误可以分为七种基本类型或“罪过”： 。我认为，这七种罪过中的每一种都提供了关于人类记忆的基本建设性本质的重要见解，同时反映了其适应性特征。在本文中，我简要总结了过去二十年来的一些重要发展，这些发展增加了我们对记忆罪过的本质、后果和适应性功能的理解。
