Motivated misremembering of selfish decisions

People often prioritize their own interests, but also like to see themselves as moral. Here the authors show how distortions in memory might resolve this tension by demonstrating that people tend to remember being more generous in the past than they actually were.

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Autores principales: Ryan W. Carlson, Michel André Maréchal, Bastiaan Oud, Ernst Fehr, Molly J. Crockett
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d2aefdaa5acc4a80b90deaa105f93b162021-12-02T15:39:25ZMotivated misremembering of selfish decisions10.1038/s41467-020-15602-42041-1723https://doaj.org/article/d2aefdaa5acc4a80b90deaa105f93b162020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15602-4https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723People often prioritize their own interests, but also like to see themselves as moral. Here the authors show how distortions in memory might resolve this tension by demonstrating that people tend to remember being more generous in the past than they actually were.Ryan W. CarlsonMichel André MaréchalBastiaan OudErnst FehrMolly J. CrockettNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
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Motivated misremembering of selfish decisions
description People often prioritize their own interests, but also like to see themselves as moral. Here the authors show how distortions in memory might resolve this tension by demonstrating that people tend to remember being more generous in the past than they actually were.
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