Scientists representing the U.S. and the UK, found how exactly is the process of formation of false memories.
A joint study of experts from the US and the UK recorded the moment of occurrence of false memories.
For this, each volunteer had to remember a seemingly simple words, such as “ice”, “heat”, “snow” and “winter”. However, according to the idea of scholars, whole number of words, except one, were associated with the word bait, which is absent in the list. This bait was the term “cold.” When participants listed these words to them, they often insisted on that word, speaking as bait, certainly not forgotten. Based on the results of research, experts came to the conclusion that this effect is due to the semantic proximity of the proposed words.
In addition, in their opinion, the principle of organizing information in the brain. This suggests that people do not have to memorize each word separately. Scientists believe that it is necessary to pay attention to the process of forming a General impression remaining in memory.
