Heightened emotions create unreliable memories by Taylor Bennett | Jun 25, 2019 | Feelings & Emotions, Memory, Mental Health Topics A recent study says emotional or traumatic events can create false memories, despite the widespread belief that traumatic events are more vivid and, therefore, reliable. The latter belief is called flashbulb memory, which says that emotional events cause us to completely capture the context of the event and our reaction…
Memory distortion is real: Here’s why your brain creates false or distorted memories by Taylor Bennett | Jun 24, 2019 | Memory, Mental Health Topics Rarely do we second guess the validity of our memory, but the truth is that our minds do sometimes deceive us by creating false or distorted memories. A recent study demonstrated this phenomenon, as participants claimed to remember viewing footage of United 93 crashing in Pennsylvania on September 11—but this…