Elizabeth Loftus, “The Malleability of Memory” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Neuroscience
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Can Guided Imagination Lead to False Memories?
Psychotherapy is a form of suggestion. We don't say, i was there, saw it happen. And so we then began to try other techniques for planning false memory - things that were modelled after what was going on in psycho therapy like guided imagination. Some studies where we showed that guided imagination can lead to false memories. In one Canadian study, attacked by a vicious animal or had a serious indoor or outdoor accident, they they were succeeding with about half of their subjects.
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