false memory
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The most pronounced effects were seen in false memory and source memory, which help people accurately recall information and determine where that information came from.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
This isn’t the same as confabulation, or making a false memory, because what is recalled really happened.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
U.S.-based scientists created a false memory in the mind of a mouse after identifying the brain cells responsible for encoding memories.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2023
A major finding of neuroscience is that when we believe a big lie, our brain creates a false memory system to accommodate it.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023
“Or—I’ve been impregnated with a false memory system. Maybe I only remember Garland over the whole time. But—”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
