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How much can we trust our memories? 💭 Professor Chris Brewin (@uclpals.bsky.social) & Bernice Andrews (University of London), revisit a core experiment on false memories, and find that they’re much harder to implant in people’s minds than previously thought.

Apr 14, 2025, 10:08 AM

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