Darth Vader never said, “Luke I am your father.” So why do we all think he did? Here’s the science behind this strange ...

These examples may seem less extraordinary than, say, the memory-eraser from Men in Black. But the end result is essentially the same.

2016 didn’t just give us “fake news.” It likely gave us false memories. by Brian Resnick Mar 22, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT ...

The most notorious example of false memory syndrome is the "Satanic Panic " that took place in the United States during the 1980s, in which there were over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ...

Importantly, just like memories of events that truly happened, we know that even false memories can influence how we behave. In one experiment that demonstrates this point, a group of research ...

Memories are therefore very malleable, they can be distorted and changed easily, as many studies in our lab have shown. For example, we have found that suggestions and imagination can create ...

Some of your most cherished memories may not be as reliable as you think they are. So an artist who has spent the past three years collating 2,000 examples of false memories tells Kate Hilpern ...

Can you trust your very first childhood memories? Maybe not, a new study suggests. People's earliest memories are typically formed around 3 to 3.5 years of age, past research has shown. But in a ...

For example, in some cases psychotherapy can be linked with a worsening of psychiatric symptoms, increased anxiety and false memories.