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

The mouse’s negative memory of being shocked in Box B had, essentially, been remapped to what was previously a neutral memory of Box A. The scientists had created a false memory, another seminal feat.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

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

“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