The Truth About False Memories
The Lost in the Mall experiment is a classic case study in Psych 101 classes.
The Cut · Vox Media Podcast Network
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Show Notes
The Lost in the Mall experiment is a classic case study in Psych 101 classes. The study's conclusion: if you are told something happened to you as a child, you're inclined to believe it and that we're all susceptible to false memories being implanted in our minds. But the story behind this study is complicated. And so is the nature of memory. Cut writer Katie Heaney and host Avery Trufelman investigate how an accusation of sexual assault turned shakey science into widely accepted truth.
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