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Study: Half of people "remember" events that never happened
CBS ^ | December 9, 2016

Posted on 12/10/2016 7:28:42 PM PST by SMGFan

Ever find yourself caught up in a vivid memory of an event that, you later realize with confusion, didn’t really happen the way you thought? According to new research by psychologists at the University of Warwick in the U.K., you are far from alone.  The study demonstrated that about half of individuals will come to believe a fictional event occurred if they are told about that event and then repeatedly imagine it happening.  More than 400 people participated in the study, led by professor Kimberley Wade

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like a failed politician
1 posted on 12/10/2016 7:28:42 PM PST by SMGFan
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Like a failed newscaster? Brian Williams ;)


2 posted on 12/10/2016 7:31:33 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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It sounds as though Prof. Wade surveyed those at the university. They definitely have their own reality.


3 posted on 12/10/2016 7:33:36 PM PST by txrefugee
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Like all those black churches that were burned back in the 80’s?


4 posted on 12/10/2016 7:35:08 PM PST by Ammo Republic 15
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like Hillary named after Sir Edmund Hillary


5 posted on 12/10/2016 7:35:19 PM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo smart)
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Lately I’ve had this awful, recurring memory of trying to log into FR and getting an error message.

It is awful! I’m looking into electro-shock therapy.


6 posted on 12/10/2016 7:36:27 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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They are called half-wits.


7 posted on 12/10/2016 7:37:41 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: SMGFan

Never happened to me, not ever!


8 posted on 12/10/2016 7:38:34 PM PST by nopardons
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Pathological liars believe their lies.
Isn't this a case for Obvious man?
People lie. What is that commercial? "It's what they do."
9 posted on 12/10/2016 7:38:37 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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http://freebeacon.com/politics/hillary-worried-fake-news-forgets-lied-bosnia/


10 posted on 12/10/2016 7:38:46 PM PST by Wisconsinlady (What we tolerate today, our children will embrace tomorrow)
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My wife recalls everything that I have never done as though I just did it yesterday.


11 posted on 12/10/2016 7:38:54 PM PST by blackdog
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To: LostInBayport

It’s okay now, we can all resume being happy for FreeRepublic is up!


12 posted on 12/10/2016 7:39:06 PM PST by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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Soon Snowflakes and Liberals will remember Hillary’s 2017 inauguration.


13 posted on 12/10/2016 7:39:43 PM PST by Redcitizen
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...Study: Half of people “remember” events that never happened...

Sounds like fringe lunatic liberals...it’s a mental disorder.


14 posted on 12/10/2016 7:40:04 PM PST by Sasparilla (I 'm Not Tired Of Winning)
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...like a failed politician...

Like remembering Hillary won??


15 posted on 12/10/2016 7:42:35 PM PST by Sasparilla (I 'm Not Tired Of Winning)
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Yup!...Great example!...I believed that today too!....but....I’m gonna be the stick in the mud here.....so I got to tell you....I do a reunion with all my old Viet Nam unit buddies and the one thing we all figured out was....Even though were were all in the same skirmishes....we ALL see it a little differently.....I do believe in the “Fog of War” theory to an extent.....It’s all about what you experienced from YOUR perspective....


16 posted on 12/10/2016 7:49:29 PM PST by M-cubed
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"remember events that never happened"

Or report events that never happened:


17 posted on 12/10/2016 7:56:19 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (Folks ask about my politics. I say: I dont belong to any organized political party. I'm a Republican)
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It’s called “Brian Williams Syndrome”.


18 posted on 12/10/2016 8:08:40 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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They probably saw reports of those events on the News and believed it.


19 posted on 12/10/2016 8:11:34 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I thank God, Broom Hillary was stopped. Now, moving on, I pray for Trump.)
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Just like the last time I went to Bosnia and had to dodge sniper fire and visited Auschwitz, which my uncle liberated.


20 posted on 12/10/2016 8:18:24 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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