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a memory bias is a cognitive bias that either enhances or impairs the recall of

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show remembering chosen options as having been better than rejected options (Mather, Shafir & Johnson, 2000).  
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Change bias   show
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Childhood amnesia   show
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Consistency bias   show
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show that cognition and memory are dependent on context, such that out-of-context memories are more difficult to retrieve than in-context memories (e.g., recall time and accuracy for a work-related memory will be lower at home, and vice versa).  
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show a form of misattribution where a memory is mistaken for imagination, because there is no subjective experience of it being a memory.  
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show recalling the past in a self-serving manner, e.g. remembering one's exam grades as being better than they were, or remembering a caught fish as being bigger than it really was.  
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show the inclination to see past events as being predictable; also called the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect.  
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Humor effect   show
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Generation effect (Self-generation effect)   show
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Illusion-of-truth effect   show
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Lag effect   show
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show memory distortions introduced by loss of details in recollection over time, often concurrent with sharpening/selective recollection of certain details that take on exaggerated significance in relation to details/aspects of experience lost through leveling  
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show that different methods of encoding information into memory have different levels of effectiveness (Craik & Lockhart, 1972).  
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Misinformation effect   show
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show when information is retained in memory but the source of the memory is forgotten. One of Schacter's (1999) Seven Sins of Memory, Misattribution was divided into Source Confusion, Cryptomnesia and False Recall/False Recognition.  
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Modality effect   show
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show the improved recall of information congruent with one's current mood.  
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Next-in-line effect   show
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Part-list cueing effect   show
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Peak-end effect   show
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show the unwanted recurrence of memories of a traumatic event.  
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show that concepts are much more likely to be remembered experientially if they are presented in picture form than if they are presented in word form.  
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Positivity effect   show
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Processing difficulty effect   show
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show that the first items on a list show an advantage in memory.  
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show that the last items on a list show an advantage in memory.  
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show the recalling of more personal events from adolescence and early adulthood than personal events from other lifetime periods (Rubin, Wetzler & Nebes, 1986; Rubin, Rahhal & Poon, 1998).  
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Rosy retrospection   show
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Serial position effect   show
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Self-relevance effect   show
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show misattributing the source of a memory, e.g. misremembering that one saw an event personally when actually it was seen on television.  
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Spacing effect   show
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show memory distorted towards stereotypes (e.g. racial or gender), e.g. "black-sounding" names being misremembered as names of criminals (Schacter, 1999).  
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show the weakening of the recency effect in the case that an item is appended to the list that the subject is not required to recall (Morton, Crowder & Prussin, 1971).  
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Suggestibility   show
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Telescoping effect   show
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show that frequent testing of material that has been committed to memory improves memory recall.  
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show inability to recall parts of an item, or related information, but is frustratingly unable to recall the whole item. This is thought to be an instance of "blocking" where multiple similar memories are being recalled and interfere with each other  
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Verbatim effect   show
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Von Restorff effect   show
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show that uncompleted or interrupted tasks are remembered better than completed ones.  
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