The General Gist of False Memories

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The General Gist of False Memories

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Nov 8, 2007

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Duke University neuroscientists have found a distinction between memories for specifics versus memories for the overall gist of an event. The latter, the overall impression we have of something, tends to be the memory that is more often false.

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Nov 8, 2007

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