Are all of your memories real? - Daniel L. Schacter
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Date: 2020-09-08
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But. it's happening more with certain people rather than others.
Like. most of those you would tell a story would swear after a month or two that they were with you when it happened, and usually it's simply those who tend to identify with movies, etc.
I believe it happens when you can't have a focus point.
I personally tend to lose things when I put them in a different spot, because my recollection would be of the usual location I put them in and not the last one. I don't find the object but deep down I know my memory has been tricked, even if I'm sure of the image I'm remembering, I know it's a fake one. it lacks certain aspects. Like the last word I heard when it happened, the light, etc.
However, I never make a mistake about a real past memory or a fake one, because I recognize the facts, the tastes, the emotion.
A memory is not just a reconstruction of an image, it's filled with so many aspects linked to each one of our senses + the emotions that accompany it.
I keep wondering about this tendency of mixing memories with movie scenes and foreign images because I personally notice it all the time around me, and I believe it's because we don't focus on the events themselves.
I don't really know how do people remember things, but I feel more than I see or hear. and the main difference between an experience I live through a documentary or one I go through is the feeling that comes back later when remembering it. the first being filled with pity and sadness for the victim, and the second being actual pain remaining inside.
In a nutshell, it's all about focus.
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But. it's happening more with certain people rather than others.
Like. most of those you would tell a story would swear after a month or two that they were with you when it happened, and usually it's simply those who tend to identify with movies, etc.
I believe it happens when you can't have a focus point.
I personally tend to lose things when I put them in a different spot, because my recollection would be of the usual location I put them in and not the last one. I don't find the object but deep down I know my memory has been tricked, even if I'm sure of the image I'm remembering, I know it's a fake one. it lacks certain aspects. Like the last word I heard when it happened, the light, etc.
However, I never make a mistake about a real past memory or a fake one, because I recognize the facts, the tastes, the emotion.
A memory is not just a reconstruction of an image, it's filled with so many aspects linked to each one of our senses + the emotions that accompany it.
I keep wondering about this tendency of mixing memories with movie scenes and foreign images because I personally notice it all the time around me, and I believe it's because we don't focus on the events themselves.
I don't really know how do people remember things, but I feel more than I see or hear. and the main difference between an experience I live through a documentary or one I go through is the feeling that comes back later when remembering it. the first being filled with pity and sadness for the victim, and the second being actual pain remaining inside.
In a nutshell, it's all about focus.
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Savannxhh
i think i have a false memory
When i downloaded a game called Dragon city (a game where you take care of dragons and put them in their habitats and their habitats are in an island, when downloading i had a memory that i had the 3rd island (i even have a photo mind memory pic what ever you call it)but when i opened the game i only had 2 islands and i had a memory that i unlocked the ancient portal(a place in the game where you need to be level 32[i forgot the exact level]) but when i opened the game. I was only level 25 and the ancient portal wasn't even unlocked yet.
[i sound crazy writing this]
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i think i have a false memory
When i downloaded a game called Dragon city (a game where you take care of dragons and put them in their habitats and their habitats are in an island, when downloading i had a memory that i had the 3rd island (i even have a photo mind memory pic what ever you call it)but when i opened the game i only had 2 islands and i had a memory that i unlocked the ancient portal(a place in the game where you need to be level 32[i forgot the exact level]) but when i opened the game. I was only level 25 and the ancient portal wasn't even unlocked yet.
[i sound crazy writing this]
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Tosh
Not only can memories be manipulated but the same applies to current real time perception. If a respected chef raves about a restaurant, some people automatically feel the same regardless of their own actual experience. Similar with price and value. If a bottle of wine is 200, some immediately rate it a 95/100. On the other hand those who feel everything expensive is overrated may claim it's an average wine only. Not knowing the price would result in a more honest opinion. There are a hundred examples beyond food. The mind is easily manipulated.
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Not only can memories be manipulated but the same applies to current real time perception. If a respected chef raves about a restaurant, some people automatically feel the same regardless of their own actual experience. Similar with price and value. If a bottle of wine is 200, some immediately rate it a 95/100. On the other hand those who feel everything expensive is overrated may claim it's an average wine only. Not knowing the price would result in a more honest opinion. There are a hundred examples beyond food. The mind is easily manipulated.
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64standardtrickyness
What do you mean the probability of winning is not related to knowing the outcome?
If you scratch your scratch and win ticket and win then your ticket was always gonna win it was a sure thing.
We can debate about free will and all but like seriously?
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What do you mean the probability of winning is not related to knowing the outcome?
If you scratch your scratch and win ticket and win then your ticket was always gonna win it was a sure thing.
We can debate about free will and all but like seriously?
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damatar
It occurs to me that psychology should be a required class in high school. Marketers and politicians are well aware of psychology and how to use that knowledge to get customers/citizens to do what they want while most customers/citizens have NO idea.
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It occurs to me that psychology should be a required class in high school. Marketers and politicians are well aware of psychology and how to use that knowledge to get customers/citizens to do what they want while most customers/citizens have NO idea.
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Yuni
This is exactly what happened to the Reykjavik confessions. All the suspects made false confessions because of false memories that happened on the murders. Up until this point, no one was truly convicted rightfully for the murders.
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This is exactly what happened to the Reykjavik confessions. All the suspects made false confessions because of false memories that happened on the murders. Up until this point, no one was truly convicted rightfully for the murders.
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The
It's crazy how I was recently wondering that what if I start remembering my old fantasies of being a topper when I was left out due to few marks as real. Will that make me feel any better?
And this video came to my notications
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It's crazy how I was recently wondering that what if I start remembering my old fantasies of being a topper when I was left out due to few marks as real. Will that make me feel any better?
And this video came to my notications
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Omnipotent
Another type of fake memories I have came across was when someone lied to someone else about something, and they convinced them, after while they may remember that the lies they told weren't actually lies, but we're true.
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Another type of fake memories I have came across was when someone lied to someone else about something, and they convinced them, after while they may remember that the lies they told weren't actually lies, but we're true.
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Hope
Fake memories are once again part of the Placebo effect which is what I call anything which is the brain convincing itself of something and that something becoming suddenly true. And there are a lot of things like that.
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Fake memories are once again part of the Placebo effect which is what I call anything which is the brain convincing itself of something and that something becoming suddenly true. And there are a lot of things like that.
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andyr
One thing that always pestered me is that almost all studies are done in 1st world countries. Wouldn't the result vary in a 3rd world country, because both societies have different problems to worry/think about?
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One thing that always pestered me is that almost all studies are done in 1st world countries. Wouldn't the result vary in a 3rd world country, because both societies have different problems to worry/think about?
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