#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories

6945.027 - 6968.347 Charan Ranganath

But what happens is that sometimes things can really get out of hand where people have trouble telling the difference in things that they've imagined versus things that happen. But also, as I told you, the act of remembering can change the memory, right? And so what happens then is you can actually be exposed to some misinformation. And so Elizabeth Loftus was a real pioneer in this work.