Episode 125: False Memories - How Can Your Memory Be So Bad?
For some reason we believe that our memories are accurate. They are far from it. What we remember is a hodge-podge, a patchwork of images, stories, and bits and pieces from our past. Our memories can be manipulated in surprising ways.
Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files
June 7, 201033m 33s
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Show Notes
For some reason we believe that our memories are accurate. They are far from it. What we remember is a hodge-podge, a patchwork of images, stories, and bits and pieces from our past. In this episode I describe some of the very interesting research showing how our memories can be manipulated in surprising ways. Learn why you loved asparagus as a kid (really you did, really).
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