Ryan, age 16, is talking to his mother. he claims to remember a visit to england when he was only 18 months old. ryan's mother, skeptical, suggests that he really only remembers hearing about the trip, because his parents talked about it so much over the years. ryan's mother is suggesting that ryan has made a

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Broderick Graham

21 May, 12:43

Ryan, age 16, is talking to his mother. he claims to remember a visit to england when he was only 18 months old. ryan's mother, skeptical, suggests that he really only remembers hearing about the trip, because his parents talked about it so much over the years. ryan's mother is suggesting that ryan has made a

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False memory.

False memory refers to the psychological phenomena where we remember something vividly that happened to us or other people and believe it to be real when in actuality the event did not even occur or occurred differently to how we think we remember it.