False memories of fabricated political events Experimental Social Psychology, 2013 In largest study of false memory to date, 5,269 participants were asked about their memories of a series of true and false political events. About half of the participants falsely remembered that the fake events had occurred — fascinatingly, there was a strong correlation between political orientation and the formation of false memories. Liberals remembered unfavorable (false) events involving George Bush; conservatives constructed false memories about Barack Obama. This study illustrates that implanted memories “stick” better when they tally with someone’s preexisting thoughts and beliefs.
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