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·November 15, 2022·6 min read

Seeing You Distorts My Memory: People With Attachment Anxiety More Likely to Create False Memories When They Can See the Person Talking

Adults with attachment anxiety are more likely to remember details incorrectly, especially when they can see the person relaying information, than those with other personality types like neuroticism or attachment avoidance.

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·July 19, 2022·6 min read

Study Finds Widespread False Memories of Logos and Characters, Including Mr. Monopoly and Pikachu

When it comes to famous logos and characters, people often experience a Visual Mandela Effect, or consistent, confident, and widespread false memories of such famous icons.

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·December 19, 2021·5 min read

An Element of Surprise Is the Recipe for Creating False Memories

Memory editing occurs on the fly, leaving the brain susceptible to creating memories that may not be accurate.

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·July 7, 2021·3 min read

Faulty Memories of Our Past Whereabouts: The Fallacy of an Airtight Alibi

People's recollections of events are wrong approximately 36% of the time, especially if the events are similar.

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·March 24, 2021·4 min read

False Memories Can Be Reversed

Researchers have developed new techniques that can correct false memory recollections without damaging true autobiographical memories.

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·July 17, 2020·4 min read

Mundane Behavioral Decisions, Actions Can Be ‘Misremembered’ as Done

Mundane behaviors repeated over time, and occur in the context of other similar behaviors can lead to conflated intentions, which cause false memories of completing the task.

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·April 8, 2020·3 min read

False memories of crime appear real when retold to others

Study reveals people are only 53% likely to identify whether someone else in recounting and accurate or false memory of a crime.

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·February 11, 2020·3 min read

Cannabis increases susceptibility to false memory

In comparison to a placebo group, test subjects exposed to marijuana were more likely to form false memories based on incorrect information.

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·August 21, 2019·4 min read

Fake news can lead to false memories

Fabricated news stories cause people to create false memories, especially if the content of the stories align with their political beliefs. While people who scored low on cognitive tests were no more prone to forming false memories, they were more likely to remember false facts that aligned with their opinions. People with higher cognitive ability are more likely to question their personal biases and the news source.

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·September 19, 2018·5 min read

The ‘Real You’ is a Myth

Researchers say we constantly create false memories to help us achieve the identity we want.

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·August 2, 2018·2 min read

How Does Attention Impact False Memory Susceptibility?

A new EEG study reveals people who are less able to sustain their attention long terms are more susceptible to creating false memories.

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·July 6, 2018·4 min read

The ‘Mandela Effect’ and How Your Brain is Playing Tricks on You

Researchers explore why collective misremembering of common events and details occur. The study explains why our brain often plays tricks by convincing us we remember something in a certain way, when the events are opposite to what we experience.