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93: Mandela Effect: The Science of False Memories

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Have you ever remembered something that didn’t happen? Turns out false memories are actually pretty common, in fact they’re the reason that so many people believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison...

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References:

Memory Basics
  1. https://snl.salk.edu/~eagleman/papers/EaglemanMontagueModelsofLM.pdf
  2. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory1.htm
  3. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517131928.htm

    4. False Memories Basics & Seminal Papers
    1. https://www.businessinsider.com/science-of-false-memories-2017-12?r=US&IR=T
    2. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776349
    3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319895/
    4. https://webs.wofford.edu/steinmetzkr/Teaching/Psy150/Lecture%20PDFs/Roediger.pdf
    5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30550338/
    6. https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/psycann/1995-12-25-12/%7B2060e727-5296-43bd-8580-55b09b96f074%7D/the-formation-of-false-memories#divReadThis
    7. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617724424
    8. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279598056_Tricks_of_Memory
    9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227673242_False_memories_What_the_hell_are_they_for
    10. https://www.gold.ac.uk/media/documents-by-section/departments/research-centres-and-units/research-units/anomalistic-psychology-research/2003-french-fantastic.pdf
    11. https://staff.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm
    12. https://web.archive.org/web/20100619082741/http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/fall07/brunnquelld/psy8542/Session%2015/Loftus%20-Lost%20in%20the%20Mall%20-%20Misrepresentations%20and%20misubders.pdf
    13. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614562862#aff-2

      14. High Risk Demographics & Potential Consequences
      1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614534694
      2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892757/
      3. https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-020-00262-1
      4. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.2350090302
      5. https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8624.00064
      6. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=824601

        7. Further Reading & Interesting Papers
        1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749930/
        2. https://indiarxiv.org/gjtfk/\
        3. Incognito - David Eagleman

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