A new study published in the American journal with the highest impact factor in worldwide, Molecular Psychiatry, reveals that consumers of cannabis are more prone to experiencing false memories. The study was conducted by ...
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The formation and retrieval of memories allows all kinds of organisms, including humans, to learn and thrive in their environment. Yet our memories are not always accurate, and mistaken remembrances can have important consequences, ...
Sep 13, 2013
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The Australian newspaper recently reported the royal commission investigating institutional child sex abuse was advocating psychologists use "potentially dangerous" therapy techniques to recover repressed memories in clients ...
Oct 10, 2017
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People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new UCL study.
Apr 8, 2020
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(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Bath have found that people who are congenitally blind have more accurate memories than those who are sighted.
Apr 29, 2013
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More than 50 children died in hot cars in 2018, making it the deadliest year on record. Many of the cases involve parents who unknowingly left a child behind, often for an entire day. University of South Florida Psychology ...
Mar 5, 2019
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Warnings about the dangers of fake information about COVID-19 could be falling on deaf ears, according to new research.
Aug 13, 2020
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"Time is the thief of memory," wrote Stephen King in one of his many books. For some people, however, that is not true. They are gifted with what scientists call highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), which means ...
Nov 19, 2013
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Older adults often complain about forgetting, but Penn State psychologists suggest that another problem may be misremembering.
Mar 21, 2018
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How much do you trust your memories? Do you consider the events and perspectives you remember as gospel truth, or as more malleable, fickle things that bend and warp with time and shifting context?
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