Expertise
John Coley in the Press
Boston.com
Charlie Baker’s teary fisherman story shows the power of false memories
John Coley, an associate professor of psychology at Northeastern University, took particular interest in the media’s doubts about the fisherman story because it fits into research on memory and cognition. “Memory is not like a video camera,” Coley told Boston.com. “What’s making this look like a problem is that people don’t understand how memory works.” […]
