How your brain lies

artiteacher The fragile vault of memory

You think your mind remembers all it's seen, But every time, it rebuilds the scene!

Jul 9

artiteacher How questions rewrite the past

artiteacher The misinformation effect shows that the words used to ask about an event can alter your memory of it.

artiteacher Highly emotional public events feel frozen in time, but our memories of them degrade like any other.

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artiteacher Sort true from false memories to learn how your brain can lie to you.

Fun Fact

Memory rewrites: Every time you recall a memory, your brain reconstructs it, meaning you remember the last time you recalled it, not the original event itself.

Gossip

Would you want a device that records your life perfectly?

Quiz

What is the term for remembering a piece of information but completely forgetting where or how you learned it?

artiteacher The surprising flashbulb memory myth

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In the 1974 car crash study, using the word 'smashed' instead of 'hit' caused participants to falsely remember what?

artiteacher The famous shopping mall memory experiment

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What is the 'misinformation effect' in cognitive psychology?

artiteacher Forgetting where you learned it

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How does the accuracy of a flashbulb memory change over several years?

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What are highly vivid, emotional memories of major public events called?

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Which psychologist pioneered the 'Lost in the Mall' study to show how easily false memories are implanted?

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What percentage of participants in Elizabeth Loftus's landmark study believed they had been lost in a shopping mall?

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Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for binding the context of a memory with its actual content?