False Memory
Phenomenon that leads to the generation of inaccurate memories, if not completely false, but can be believed as true from the subject.
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It’s a family of biases concerning how information and events are remembered.
Phenomenon that leads to the generation of inaccurate memories, if not completely false, but can be believed as true from the subject.
When several homogeneous stimuli are presented, the stimulus that differs from the rest has the highest probability of being remembered..
The tendency to judge the probability of an event based on how easy an example of that event can be remembered.
The memory we have of an event depends from the following events and situations.
The generation of false memories based on information given after some time by other individuals.
The tendency to consider an event more probable than it really is when we recall it.
The further apart the study sessions are, the easier it will be to store the new information to be learned in long-term memory..
Long-term memory is enhanced when learning events are spaced out over time, rather than crammed together in immediate succession .
In a list, we tend to remember better the first and last items.
The tendency to remember better and consider more credible an information by simply being exposed to it many times and for a longer period.
Events closer in time between each other are perceived as more distant, while events distant in time are perceived as closer.
Events that are funnier and more humorous are easier to remember.
There are several levels of storing and processing information.
Emotional memories of our past experiences correspond to the most extreme emotional peak and to the moment we ended that experience.
Event that occurs when someone can’t precisely identify the source of a memory.
Postponed activities are better remembered than those we have completed.
We remember better bizarre and eccentric events.
When we think about our past, we tend to attribute ourselves thoughts and characteristics of our present self.
We tend to remember false information, even if disproved by certain and unequivocal evidence.
We tend to remember the past as a better time and, consequently, the past is recalled with nostalgia and tend to spend more about nostalgic products.
We tend to remember in a worse way information stored on the internet.
The more repeated an information is, the easier it is remembered and considered to be true. It’s similar to the Mere Exposure Effect.
We tend to consider our present characteristics as more stable than our past ones, even though we changed a lot. It’s connected to the Consistency Illusion.
It’s an error that makes us forget about certain details of a certain memory.
When we have to speak in turn, we remember less about what the person right before us said.
We tend to remember better information if presented in rhyme.
It’s an effect about the relative value we give to the past, the present and the future.
We tend to value the past as better than the present and the future.
We tend to memorize key concepts instead of single words that compose the whole subject.
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