Ep. 11 - The Mandela Effect: Exploring False Memories, Visual Distortions, and the Psychology of Collective Misremembering w/ Dr. Wilma Bainbridge

from The Science Behind Mysteries · host Jay Govindji

In this episode, we discuss the Mandela effect, including discussions on false memories, visual distortions, and all the science within with Dr. Wilma Bainbridge, a cognitive neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago. Together, we unravel everything from the key scientific ideas behind the Mandela effect to why people's beliefs significantly vary about the truth.

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