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"Pupil response patterns distinguish true from false memories

Memory is reconstructive and error-prone, which make memory illusions very common in everyday life. However, studying memory illusions can provide valuable insights into how memory works. Pupil response has emerged, in recent years, as an indicator of memory encoding and retrieval, however its validity as a measure of memory success is debated. In this study, we explored whether pupil response patterns can differentiate true from false memories and whether variations in the temporal dynamics of pupil response can elucidate the mechanisms underlying false memory creation. The Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm was employed to generate false memories in two separate experiments involving visual and auditory stimuli. Pupil responses effectively differentiated true from false memories based on variations in pupil amplitude at different temporal components. This discrimination remained consistent across both experiments, with slightly stronger effects in the auditory condition, aligning with the more pronounced false memory effects in this condition. Notably, differential pupil responses between true and false memories varied based on the type of memory involved at recognition. These findings provide valuable insights into the cognitive processes underlying memory distortions, with implications for theoretical frameworks and real-world contexts."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-44362-6

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"The Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) Task: A Simple Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate False Memories in the Laboratory

The Deese, Roediger and McDermott (DRM) task is a false memory paradigm in which subjects are presented with lists of semantically related words (e.g., nurse, hospital, etc.) at encoding. After a delay, subjects are asked to recall or recognize these words. In the recognition memory version of the task, subjects are asked whether they remember previously presented words, as well as related (but never presented) critical lure words ('doctor'). Typically, the critical word is recognized with high probability and confidence. This false memory effect has been robustly demonstrated across short (e.g., immediate, 20 min) and long (e.g., 1, 7, 60 d) delays between encoding and memory testing."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5407674/

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"Why millions of people keep sharing the same false memories

Research suggests that your recollections aren’t just worryingly fallible, they’re also surprisingly malleable. So could someone plant a false memory in your mind?

What is Darth Vader's most iconic line in The Empire Strikes Back? And how does the Evil Queen address her mirror in Disney's *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*? Unfortunately, there are no points for the answers 'Luke, I am your father' and 'Mirror, mirror on the wall.'

The actual lines are 'No, I am your father' and 'Magic mirror on the wall.'

But don’t worry if you, like so many, slipped up slightly here. Be it movie quotes or even the details of well- known images like the Monopoly Man’s supposed monocle (he’s never actually worn one), collective misremembering is common. In fact, there’s even a scientific term for it: the Mandela Effect.

(. . .)

False memories appear in our everyday lives, too. It can be different recollections of who agreed to take the bins out or being sure that we’ve locked the front door when actually we haven’t. We’ve all felt certain of something that’s happened, only to have to eat humble pie when proven wrong.

So why does this happen? How can we recollect things so differently from other people – and so differently from what actually occurred? The short answer is our memories are unreliable.

(. . .)

The idea that our memories are inaccurate can feel unsettling. We link our sense of self to the narrative of our lives and experiences, so the idea that these are shifting can leave us feeling unsure of ourselves. Particularly when we consider the possibility that other people can influence our memories.

(. . .)

Also, some people might be more vulnerable than others to believing false memories. People under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or with existing memory problems, are more at risk (one study suggests creative individuals might be more likely to have memory errors)."

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/heres-how-a-false-memory-could-be-planted-in-your-brain

1️⃣ | Video: „Hartwig Seeler“ – ein Privatdetektiv auf der Suche nach falschen Erinnerungen

Dass das Phänomen „False Memory“ langsam auch in Deutschland mehr Beachtung findet, ist Bernd schon vor Wochen aufgefallen. Jetzt spielen falsche Erinnerungen auch in einer Folge der Krimiserie „Hartwig Seeler“ eine zentrale Rolle. Mehr dazu im Blog!

https://skeptix.org/2026/04/12/video-hartwig-seeler-ein-privatdetektiv-auf-der-suche-nach-falscherinnerungen/

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"We report what we believe to be the first systematic review of 42 empirical studies of Recovered Memories (RM) published since 2000. This review establishes RM as a post-Memory Wars clinical phenomenon, with reports of RM common enough to warrant routine consideration in clinical practice and future research. Taken together, these estimates suggest a higher level of prevalence than is typically estimated for the phenomenon of dissociative amnesia (e.g., ranging between 0.2% and 7.3%; Staniloiu & Markowitsch, 2014) or indeed for well-established diagnoses like anorexia nervosa (0.4%; Galmiche et al., 2019)."

Carey, O. G., Dempsey, M., Minihane, K., & Murphy, G. (2025).
When, where, and how often do individuals recover memories of traumatic experiences? A systematic review.
Memory, Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2025.2601699

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AI chatbot powered by Large Language Models amplifies false memories in witness interviews - MIT #chatbot #LLM #AIWitness #FalseMemories https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/ai-false-memories/overview/

"Notably, the generative chatbot condition induced nearly triple the number of false memories observed in the control group and approximately 1.7 times more than the survey-based method, with 36.8% of responses being misled as false memories one week later."

https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/ai-false-memories/overview/

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Research has shown that even the memories that we see as being fundamental are prone to bias, and even outright fabrication. Discussing the consequences of false memories at QED will be Christopher French, Ciara Greene, Kevin Felstead, and Deborah Hyde.

https://qedcon.org/news/2023/announcing-false-memory-and-satanic-abuse-panel

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TITLE: Lynn Crook: Deception & the False Memory Movement: A Documented
History

I used to do some age-regression hypnotherapy.  The FMM had a very
negative impact on trauma treatment.

Thank you Dr. Pope for the following article.

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The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation’s ISSTD
News includes a review: “Exciting New Book Explores the Deception of the
False Memory Movement.”

The author is Kate McMaugh, Editor, ISSTD News.

Here are some excerpts:

ISSTD Member Lynn Crook has written a much-anticipated book on the false
memory movement: /False Memories: The Deception that Silenced Millions./

The book opens with a personal account from Crook, about her own
experience of recalling memories of sexual abuse at the hands of her
father and then successfully suing her parents for damages.

<snip>

It provides a detailed history of the false memory movement,
particularly from a North American perspective; explores the role of the
media; uncovers the stories behind the ‘Lost in the Mall’ study; details
the attacks on therapists experienced in the USA, and concludes with a
chapter describing the closure of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation
in USA, and a contemporary exploration of the influence of the false
memory movement on contemporary culture.

<snip>

She reports /“The hardest part of writing the book was learning about
the disturbingly awful gaslighting and harassment of therapists the FM
[proponents] undertook to silence the profession. The second hardest
part was reading the evidence of childhood sex abuse in the depositions
of survivors who sued their therapists. And then seeing how the media
promoted their cases against therapists.”/
/
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The book has also been met with very positive reviews.

ISSTD Fellow Dr. Joyanna Silberg, in a review of the book writes:
/
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/“I just finished reading False Memories and really enjoyed the
thorough, incisive account of the history of false memory and the
“memory wars” over the last 30 years. I hope it receives as broad an
audience as it deserves./ /Lynn Crook did a great job annotating
everything, and not presenting her own conclusions, just the facts,
and how the history of reporting of this phenomenon has dramatically
changed. From her account, it looks like the Memory Wars are over,
the coffin of false memory nailed by the publicized sexual abuse
accounts of Catholic Priests, like Shanley, media personalities,
like Harvey Weinstein, and the widespread abuse in sports, such as
the Sandusky scandal at Penn State and the Nasser scandal among
Olympic gymnasts. It is good to know that many abuse survivors are
now able to receive justice and vindication and not condemnation by
the media.”/

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This book is likely to be of great interest to therapists in general,
but particularly so for ISSTD members, who specialise in the assessment,
treatment and research of complex trauma and dissociation.

It is a must-read for everyone who wishes to understand the history of
sexual abuse survivors who spoke out about abuse, the backlash from the
accused, and the impact on therapists and therapy itself. It is a
history intimately intertwined with the history of ISSTD itself.

The book is available in kindle and paperback from:

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/False-Memories-Deception-Silenced-Millions/dp/B0BBYB1ZMB
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Ken Pope

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#sexualabuse #abuse #psychology #psychiatry #socialwork #mentalhealth
#psychotherapy @psychology @psychiatry
@socialwork @psychotherapists

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Merely forwarded by:
Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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