Long studied by anthropologists, historians, and linguists, oral traditions have provided a wealth of fascinating insights into unique cultural customs that spa

"Dr. Rubin has brought cognitive psychology into a wholly unprecedented dialogue with studies in oral tradition. The result is a truly new perspective on memory

In this groundbreaking work, cognitive psychologist David C. Rubin offers for the first time an accessible, comprehensive examination of what such traditions ca

Oral history is inherently about memory, and when oral history interviews are used "in public," they invariably both reflect and shape public memories of the pa

In today's society it is generally the written word that holds the authority. We are more likely to trust the words found in a history textbook over the version