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A false memory is a psychological phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not happen or
that something happened differently from the way it actually happened.

This phenomenon was initially investigated by psychological pioneers Pierre Janet and Sigmund Freud.[1]
Elizabeth Loftus has, since her debuting research project in 1974,[2] been a lead researcher in memory
recovery and false memories.

Suggestibility, activation of associated information, the incorporation of misinformation and source

misattribution have been suggested to be several mechanisms underlying a variety of types of false
memory phenomena.[3][4][5]
Early work on false memory and memory distortions

Language and suggestibility

Theories on false memory

Memory malleability and therapy-induced memory recovery

Legal cases

In children

Commonly held false memories

Susceptibility to false memories

False memory and the public

Potential benefits of false memories

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