ARTS & SCIENCE FESTIVAL

TRICKED BY MEMORY

Professor Lisa Bortolotti chairs three talks from researchers based in the Philosophy Department at the University of Birmingham exploring the effects of biased, distorted and false memories.

Presentations include:

(1) Sometimes I get lucky and forget - depression, memory and negative bias by Magdalena Antrobus, Doctoral Researcher.

(2) Distorting the past to serve our present needs by Dr Anneli Jefferson.

(3) How false memory can (and cannot) improve our perception of the world by Dr Kathy Puddifoot.

The presentations will be followed with an audience Q&A.

Presented by Department of Philosophy with sponsorship from project PERFECT – www.perfectperfect.eu - as part of the University of Birmingham's Arts & Science Festival. For full festival details visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/artsandsciencefestival