Submitted by PrestigiousClient655 t3_xzh1p3 in askscience
PrestigiousClient655 OP t1_isdaxor wrote
Reply to comment by dtmc in Are there any ways to differentiate between true and false memories? by PrestigiousClient655
Sorry for my late response. So do you trust your memories?
dtmc t1_isfq61f wrote
As far as I can throw them =D
EDIT - less tongue in check of an answer: yes, but I recognize that what I remember might not be how it happened, but a lot of times, what matters is how I remember it, if that makes sense. Like a meal with a friend: I don't need to know the specifics, just need to know how it felt, etc., and even if it wasn't how I felt then, it's how I think I felt back then now, and that's cool with me.
PrestigiousClient655 OP t1_isizeom wrote
Yes, I think trusting memory is less depressing. Few hours ago, I just read an article shows that participants tested memory of art gallery event after two years still 93-95% accurate ,The link:
But Elizabeth Loftus shows that it is easily to create false memories in participants
And I read article about HSAM people who can remember every day of life remember memory 97% accuracy
The link:https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1314373110
But evidence shows that sometimes eyewitness memory is not so reliable so actually this seems confuse
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