93: Mandela Effect: The Science of False Memories

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

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

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

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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