93: Mandela Effect: The Science of False Memories

Have you ever remembered something that didn’t happen? Turns out false memories are actually pretty common, in fact they’re the reason that so many people believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison...You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References:Memory Basics https://snl.salk.edu/~eagleman/papers/EaglemanMontagueModelsofLM.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory1.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517131928.htm False Memories Basics & Seminal Papers https://www.businessinsider.com/science-of-false-memories-2017-12?r=US&IR=T https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776349 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319895/ https://webs.wofford.edu/steinmetzkr/Teaching/Psy150/Lecture%20PDFs/Roediger.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30550338/ https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/psycann/1995-12-25-12/%7B2060e727-5296-43bd-8580-55b09b96f074%7D/the-formation-of-false-memories#divReadThis https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617724424 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279598056_Tricks_of_Memory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227673242_False_memories_What_the_hell_are_they_for https://www.gold.ac.uk/media/documents-by-section/departments/research-centres-and-units/research-units/anomalistic-psychology-research/2003-french-fantastic.pdf https://staff.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100619082741/http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/fall07/brunnquelld/psy8542/Session%2015/Loftus%20-Lost%20in%20the%20Mall%20-%20Misrepresentations%20and%20misubders.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614562862#aff-2 High Risk Demographics & Potential Consequences https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614534694 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892757/ https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-020-00262-1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.2350090302 https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8624.00064 https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=824601 Further Reading & Interesting Papers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749930/ https://indiarxiv.org/gjtfk/\ Incognito - David Eagleman Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth