
179 - The Memory Illusion - Julia Shaw
You Are Not So Smart
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I've Convinced People They Have Committed Crimes That Never Have Taken Place
Lee: In your book, you say that any event can be forgotten or misremembered. He says he has convinced people they have committed crimes that never occurred. Lee used insider information about their lives to create the false memories. This could have profound implications for how we understand and appraise things like confessions,. And also just retellings of doing bad things, including criminal activity.
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