Memory feels like a mental video archive, but psychologists have shown it behaves more like a creative editor, constantly rewriting the script. That is why people can be absolutely certain they ...

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It depends on what you mean by " false memory. " Fifty years of cognitive science research (and our experience with our own memories) quite clearly show that memory distortion or memory loss is quite ...

Remembering Satan, Lawrence Wright's widely read book, profiles a 1980s father who "remembers" inflicting ritual abuse on his daughters. The book blames false memories primarily on interrogators who ...