Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Do you remember when...?

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From Science Daily we have another story about implanted memories.

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:

James Higham said...

We went to the moon, we went to the moon, we did, we did.

Paddington said...

I didn't.

Paddington said...

Why is this news. These kinds of results have been known for decades. Look up the McMartin preschool case, with the faked 'recovered memories.'

A K Haart said...

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.