The collective memory bias that flatters our homelands
A community’s vision of the past is often selective and biased, exaggerating its own contributions relative to others
by Jeremy K Yamashiro & Henry L Roediger, III
Jeremy K Yamashiro is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He studies how our social interactions shape our memories, how we remember our collective past, and how we imagine our collective future.
Written by Jeremy K Yamashiro