Why you should doubt your memories. | Robert Nash | TEDxBrum

Sometimes even the truth can create false memories. Join Rob Nash on a comical and thought provoking journey of how our memories can often let us down. In this post truth world, perhaps we should all remember that our memories lie to us too. Dr Robert Nash is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Aston University. Born and bred in the West Midlands, he completed his PhD at the University of Warwick in 2009, and then held positions in Lancashire and Surrey before returning to Birmingham in 2015. Much of Robert’s research explores how people reconstruct the past in memory. In particular, he studies the reasons why people sometimes remember past events differently from how they really occurred, or come to believe things about their experiences that are false. He is particularly interested in applications of memory psychology to the legal system, exploring social psychological techniques that support memory elicitation; such as gathering valuable information without leading an eyewitness to speculate or confabulate. www.robert-nash.com @DrRobNash This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx