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On correspondence, accuracy, and truth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Ian Maynard Begg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1. begg@mcmall.mcmaster.ca

Abstract

Koriat & Goldsmith raise important questions about memory, but there is need for caution: first, if we define accuracy by output measures, there is a danger that a perfectly accurate memory can be nearly useless. Second, when we focus on correspondence, there is a danger that syntactic correspondence will be mistaken for historical truth.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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