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Fascinating Topics May Lead to False Memories


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Fascinating Topics May Lead to False Memories

The more interested you are in a topic, such as politics or sports, the more likely you may be to form "false memories" about events related to that topic, according to a new study.

In the study, people were asked whether they remembered certain events, including some that really happened and some that didn't. The researchers found that only 10 percent of people in the study said they remembered an event that did not really happen — or in other words, they had a false memory — in relation to topics that they were not interested in. In contrast, 25 percent of people in the study had false memories about events in relation to topics they were interested in.

Read more: Live Science

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I can see that.  Wishing something to come true so badly that it is incorporated in your life...for some people I can see that happening.

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My parents have a lot of false memories about trouble I got into as a teenager.

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1 hour ago, OverSword said:

My parents have a lot of false memories about trouble I got into as a teenager.

Yours as well?

:P

Cheers,
Badeskov

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