How To Punk Memory: The Brainworks Of Misremembrance, False Memories, And Alternate Realities (Part Trois)
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 06:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Okay, in the past two days we've seen that our memories are malleable. We can easily be made to misremember, and easily be made to adopt memories of things that never happened. But what actually goes on in our brains as we code bad information? Can we see misinformation taking hold? Researchers Yoko Okado and Craig Stark can. They showed subjects slides (correct information), and then showed them another set of slides with details changed (incorrect information). read more