Bill O’Reilly Is Just the Latest Example of False Memory
Much like his peer Brian Williams, Bill O'Reilly's mind might be playing tricks on him.
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How to Convince Someone They’ve Committed a Crime
A new study finds that providing true details mixed with a fake event convinces two in three the story was real.
Even Young People Are Skeptical of Information They Learn on Twitter
New research suggests they react to “facts” learned from a Twitter feed with some skepticism.
Photos Implant ‘Memories’ of Fictional News Events
Participants in a study were far more likely to “remember” a fictional news event when a headline was accompanied by a tangentially relevant photograph.
Total Recall … Or At Least the Gist
Two Cornell psychologists found we have two separate systems for memories, which helps explain how we can "remember" things that never happened.