Abstract
A new acquaintance needs to be reminded of your name while you are having a conversation. A colleague forgets your plan to meet for coffee and schedules a conflicting meeting. A friend books a table for the two of you at a restaurant but it slips her mind that you don’t like sushi.
We have all been on the receiving end of another person’s memory failure, and have forgotten important things about people ourselves. Until recently, however, we haven’t been able to understand these experiences and their consequences with much beyond anecdotes. My research group decided to change that.
We have all been on the receiving end of another person’s memory failure, and have forgotten important things about people ourselves. Until recently, however, we haven’t been able to understand these experiences and their consequences with much beyond anecdotes. My research group decided to change that.
| Original language | English |
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| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publisher | The Conversation UK |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Sept 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Devin Ray receives funding from the ESRC.Keywords
- Relationships
- Friendship
- Forgetting
- Remembering
- Memory failure
- Social interaction