In the context of Daniel Schacter's seven sins of memory, distortion is one of the three main categories used to group the ways our memories fail us.

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A framework proposed by psychologist Daniel Schacter that identifies seven ways our memories fail us. These memory failures are categorized into three main groups: forgetting, distortion, and intrusion.

Seven Sins of Memory

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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Distortion

In the context of Daniel Schacter's seven sins of memory, intrusion is one of the three main categories used to group the ways our memories fail us.

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