Memory Distortions Effect False Childhood Memories Imagination Inflation Impossible Memories Accident Misinformation Leading question About how fast were the cars going When they smashed into each other Memory construction Loftus results Word Used in Question smashed collided bumped hit contacted False Childhood Memories Average Speed Estimate 41 m p h 39 m p h 38 m p h 34 m p h 32 m p h 1 False Memories and Eyewitness testimony Recall not an exact replica of original events Recall a construction built and rebuilt from various sources Schema mental representation of an object scene or event Scripts Mental organization of events in time Impossible Memories How do false memories form Corroboration of event by another person confusion Social demands to remember Imagination exercises When asked not to think about whether memories are real or not Source 2
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