How much of your memory can you trust? Anthony tells you what goes into remembering something and how, even when we think our memories is strong, we're all susceptible to false or changing memory! Read More: False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/11/12/1314373110 "In a unique memory-distortion study with people with extraordinary memory ability, individuals with highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) were as susceptible as controls to false memory." The Formation of False Memories http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Papers/Py104/loftusmem1.pdf "For most of this century, experimental psychologists have been interested in how and why memory fails." False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals https://webfiles.uci.edu/eloftus/Patihis_HSAM_PNAS2013.pdf "The recent identification of highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) raised the possibility that there may be individuals who are immune to memory distortions." Where does the brain store our memories? http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/where-brain-store-our-memories "Science tells us that while our brain may store different types of memories in various areas of the brain, recalling a memory is a brain-wide process." How Many of Your Memories Are Fake? http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/how-many-of-your-memories-are-fake/281558/ "When people with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory—those who can remember what they ate for breakfast on a specific day 10 years ago—are tested for accuracy, researchers find what goes into false memories." MIT scientists implant a false memory into a mouse's brain http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/inception-mit-scientists-implant-a-false-memory-into-a-mouses-brain/2013/07/25/47bdee7a-f49a-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html "Sometime soon, a lab mouse could wake up thinking he had snuggled up to a girl mouse the night before. But he hadn't. The memory would be fake." I Could Have Sworn... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/09/elizabeth_loftus_interview_false_memory_research_on_eyewitnesses_child_abuse.html "An interview with false-memory expert Elizabeth Loftus." Study Finds Memories Can Change with Each Recall; Researcher Sees Criminal Justice Implications http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/study_finds_memories_can_change_with_each_recall/ "A Northwestern University researcher has found that memory retrieval may be like the game of telephone." Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory.html "Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories." Why Science Tells Us Not to Rely on Eyewitness Accounts http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-the-eyes-have-it "Eyewitness testimony is fickle and, all too often, shockingly inaccurate." Watch More: How to Erase Bad Memories http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoyxZc0NrA TestTube Wild Card: http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-264-strange-eating-disorder-ramen-addiction?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_campaign=DNWC Your Memory Lies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxSHf_BeVUA ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook http://facebook.com/dnews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

• published: 02 Jan 2014
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