Lying on Social Media Creates False Memories | Big Think

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Over time our memories begin to falter. It’s not the fault of old age, our memories have a flexible nature that allows events to bend and twist as it moves further into the past. But what if you could set yourself up to have a different memory in the future, fabricating another reality for yourself. Sounds a lot like Total Recall, but it’s not quite that fancy. Researchers say just post a false event to your social network feed and review it later for a new memory

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