The Mandela Effect is something many of us will have experienced at some point; this bizarre phenomenon, whereby large groups of people share the same false memories of a historical event, visual detail or pop culture fact, is surprisingly common. But why does it happen? Do the answer lie within the realms of science, or somewhere more otherworldly? Chyaz explores both the strangest examples and the most compelling theories associated with the Mandela Effect in this fascinating episode…  

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Source Shout Outs

University of Chicago Study:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36219739/

University of Chicago Study Article:

https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/news/new-research-shows-consistency-what-we-misremember

Psychology Today Article:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/talking-apes/202211/testing-the-visual-mandela-effect

Britannica Piece:

https://www.britannica.com/science/Mandela-effect

Independent Article:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mandela-effect-false-memories-explain-science-time-travel-parallel-universe-matrix-a8206746.html

Medical News Today Article:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mandela-effect#what-is-it

Fiona Broome’s Website:

https://mandelaeffectsite.wordpress.com/about-2/

YouGov Article:

https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/52344-measuring-the-mandela-effect-how-many-britons-share-false-memories

Mandela Effect Sub-Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MandelaEffect/

Snopes Articles:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/monopoly-monocle-uncle-pennybags/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cornucopia-fruit-of-the-loom/

Simply Psychology Article:

https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-a-schema.html

Big Think Article:

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-mechanics-mandela-effect/