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One Thing to Remember
Takeaway is that every memory is a meta-memory, or an interpretation of a past time, one that can be impurified or purified by suggestions from the social environment. Simple awareness of this fact is crucial.
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"When people describe a memory, they will say that they are ‘absolutely certain’ of it. But this certainty can be an illusion. We suffer from the illusion of believing that our memories are accurate and pure"
LISA SON
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Study Proves Reversal is Easy
Oeberst’s study is innovative in suggesting that it’s equally as easy to reverse false memories.
Knowing the base truth isn’t even necessary to revert the fake recollections.
Use these two techniques:
- Recall the exact source of the memory -...
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Short vs Long Term Memory
- Short-term memory allows us to be present in the moment.
- Long-term memory helps piece together our identity through the recollection of our past experiences, among other things.
- The farther back we go, the more our recollection gets murky.
- When you think back to your ...
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"As the field of memory research has developed, it’s become very clear that our memories are not ‘recordings’ of the past that can be played back but rather are reconstructions, closer to imaginings informed by seeds of true experiences"
CHRISTOPHER MADAN
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"The same way that you can suggest false memories, you can reverse them by giving people a different framing"
AILEEN OEBERST
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Memory is Not Reliable
The human memory system is fallible and malleable, so much so that it is possible—and even quite common—for people to possess false memories.
Memory glitches can lead to all sorts of social implications, especially in the legal and forensic field.
But now, for the fi...
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Memory is NOT a Recorder
Our brains are far from perfectly functioning recorders of our life events.
Researchers have demonstrated just how easy it is to trick the mind into remembering something that didn’t happen.
They also used two very simple techniques to reverse those false memories.
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The "One Thing" To Remember
To have a better chance of making complex information memorable, ask yourself these 2 questions:
- If my audience will only remember one thing about my explanation, what is that "one thing?"
- And, why should my audience care about this "one thing?"
Memory And Imagination
The process that provides us with vivid memories is the same one that we are using to imagine something. The mind treats past memory the same way as a future imagination. This also indicates that apart from the present moment, the past and future are just mental constructs.
Procedural Memory
This is a type of implicit long-term memory that aids certain tasks' performance without the conscious awareness of past experiences. E.g.: Riding bikes or tying shoelaces.
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