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Oct 2019
18m 9s

How Memory Can Be Manipulated (SOP91)

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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Our memories may not be as reliable as we think. Once we experience an event, most of us likely assume that those memories stays intact forever. But there is the potential for memories to be altered or for completely false memories to be planted, according to Elizabeth Loftus, PhD. Loftus, a distinguished professor at the University of California, Irvine, is ... Show More
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