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Many people are prone to 'remembering' events that never happened, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
In a study on false memories, Dr Kimberley Wade in the Department of Psychology demonstrates that if we are told about a completely fictitious event from our lives, and repeatedly imagine that event occurring, almost half of us would accept that it did.
Hmm - wait until virtual reality takes hold and millions think they were educated at Hogwarts. We ain't seen nothing yet.
4 comments:
We went to the moon, we went to the moon, we did, we did.
I didn't.
Why is this news. These kinds of results have been known for decades. Look up the McMartin preschool case, with the faked 'recovered memories.'
James - I remember it so well too.
Paddington - it isn't news, but these people have to earn a living. Maybe there is some value in repeating it as there is still a widespread assumption that memories are reliable.
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