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Are all of your memories real?

Daniel L. Schacter · TED

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About

In a 1990's study, participants recalled getting lost in a shopping mall as children. Some shared these memories in vivid detail, but there was one problem: none of these people had actually gotten lost in a mall. They produced these false memories after psychologists told them they'd gotten lost and parents confirmed it. So what's going on? Daniel L. Schacter explores the fallibility of our memory. [Directed by AIM Creative Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires].

The talk

  1. Are all of your memories real? 5 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Daniel L. Schacter
Year
2020
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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