How Memories are Rewritten in Response to Law Changes

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This chapter discusses a study on how individuals alter their memories of smoking in public places after a ban on smoking was implemented. It explores how people rationalize and change their attitudes to align with new laws and societal norms.

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When faced with an inescapable and unwanted situation, we often rationalize our predicament so as to make it seem less awful and more bearable, but what if that situation is a new law or a new administration? The latest research suggests that groups, nations, and cultures sometimes rationalize the new normal in much the same way, altering public opinion on a large scale.

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