False memories arise because the human brain is fundamentally a recreation engine, absorbing data from our senses and constructing a perception of reality rather than displaying a raw one. This ...

In a common example of the Mandela Effect, or collective false memory, the children's book series "The Berenstain Bears," created by Stan and Jan Berenstain in 1962, is often thought of as "The ...

The human memory system is fallible and malleable, so much so that it is possible—and even quite common—for people to possess false memories.

False memories usually arise in the context of the discredited practice of recovered memory therapy or other psychotherapies in which therapists can implant false memories.

False memories are examples of what psychologists call source-monitoring errors. When a scene or fact comes to mind, the brain tries to identify its source: Was it stored in memory or are you ...

Human memory might be even more unreliable than currently thought. In a new study, scientists found that it’s possible for people to form false memories of an event within seconds of it ...

These examples may seem less extraordinary than, say, the memory-eraser from Men in Black. But the end result is essentially the same.

Incorrect Recall When it comes to the Mandela Effect, many examples are attributable to so-called “schema driven errors.” Schemas are organized “packets” of knowledge that direct memory.

A group of scientists has performed a test on hundreds of participants that proves AI-generated deepfakes can falsely implant memories.