Psychologists implant false beliefs to understand how human memory fails. The findings suggest that highly plausible events are much more likely to generate false beliefs, but only when people are led to believe the event happened just once.
Read Full Article
#FalseMemories #MemoryResearch #PlausibleEvents
Read Full Article
#FalseMemories #MemoryResearch #PlausibleEvents
PsyPost
Psychologists implant false beliefs to understand how human memory fails
A new cognitive psychology study reveals that our susceptibility to false memories depends heavily on how believable a suggested event is, and whether we are told it happened just once or repeatedly.