We edit and reinforce some memories after the fact

Deep Dive

All Biases

Spacing Effect

We learn and remember information better when study sessions are spaced out over time rather than massed together.

Suggestibility

Our memories can be influenced and altered by suggestions from others, especially authority figures.

False Memory

We remember events that never actually occurred, or remember them very differently from how they happened.

Cryptomnesia

We mistakenly believe a memory is a new, original idea, forgetting that we learned it from someone else.

Source Confusion (Source Monitoring Error)

We misattribute the source of a memory, confusing where, when, or how we learned something.

Misattribution of Memory

We attribute a memory to the wrong source or context, confusing fantasy with reality or one event with another.