# Are all of your memories real?

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_l_schacter_are_all_of_your_memories_real)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by AIM Creative Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires\].

## Lectures

1. [Are all of your memories real?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/daniel_l_schacter_are_all_of_your_memories_real/e44332151ace), 5 min (TED's player)