Listen "93: Mandela Effect: The Science of False Memories"
Episode Synopsis
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
https://snl.salk.edu/~eagleman/papers/EaglemanMontagueModelsofLM.pdf
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory1.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517131928.htm
False Memories Basics & Seminal Papers
https://www.businessinsider.com/science-of-false-memories-2017-12?r=US&IR=T
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776349
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319895/
https://webs.wofford.edu/steinmetzkr/Teaching/Psy150/Lecture%20PDFs/Roediger.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30550338/
https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/psycann/1995-12-25-12/%7B2060e727-5296-43bd-8580-55b09b96f074%7D/the-formation-of-false-memories#divReadThis
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617724424
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279598056_Tricks_of_Memory
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227673242_False_memories_What_the_hell_are_they_for
https://www.gold.ac.uk/media/documents-by-section/departments/research-centres-and-units/research-units/anomalistic-psychology-research/2003-french-fantastic.pdf
https://staff.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm
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
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614562862#aff-2
High Risk Demographics & Potential Consequences
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614534694
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892757/
https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-020-00262-1
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.2350090302
https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8624.00064
https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=824601
Further Reading & Interesting Papers
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749930/
https://indiarxiv.org/gjtfk/\
Incognito - David Eagleman
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You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:
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References:
Memory Basics
https://snl.salk.edu/~eagleman/papers/EaglemanMontagueModelsofLM.pdf
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory1.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517131928.htm
False Memories Basics & Seminal Papers
https://www.businessinsider.com/science-of-false-memories-2017-12?r=US&IR=T
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776349
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319895/
https://webs.wofford.edu/steinmetzkr/Teaching/Psy150/Lecture%20PDFs/Roediger.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30550338/
https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/psycann/1995-12-25-12/%7B2060e727-5296-43bd-8580-55b09b96f074%7D/the-formation-of-false-memories#divReadThis
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617724424
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279598056_Tricks_of_Memory
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227673242_False_memories_What_the_hell_are_they_for
https://www.gold.ac.uk/media/documents-by-section/departments/research-centres-and-units/research-units/anomalistic-psychology-research/2003-french-fantastic.pdf
https://staff.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm
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
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614562862#aff-2
High Risk Demographics & Potential Consequences
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614534694
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892757/
https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-020-00262-1
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.2350090302
https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8624.00064
https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=824601
Further Reading & Interesting Papers
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749930/
https://indiarxiv.org/gjtfk/\
Incognito - David Eagleman
Follow the Sci Guys
@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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