1999-07-01 07:00:00+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Via JJG, an article on how easy it is to implant memories, even to the point that one in four will falsely remember an incident as having happened to them one week after reading a one page story about that incident.
"And, surprisingly, the effect was stronger when people read stories about children of the opposite sex. Sanders said she had been expecting more false memories when women read stories about girls, and men read about boys, but the opposite was true. So far, she says, she has no theories as to why that happened."