Psychology of Memory (You Don't Remember. You Rebuild.)

Two people. One kitchen. Two completely different memories, and both are certain. This video looks at what psychology actually found about how memory works, and what to do with it. Chapters: 00:00 Two kitchens 00:50 The camera myth 02:07 Planting a memory 03:23 Every recall rewrites 04:44 The confidence trap 05:39 The courtroom, and what this doesn't mean 06:50 Four small habits 08:19 Back to the kitchen Sources: Loftus, E. F., & Palmer, J. C. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 13(5), 585–589. Loftus, E. F., & Pickrell, J. E. (1995). The formation of false memories. Psychiatric Annals, 25(12), 720–725. Murphy, G., Dawson, C. A., Huston, C., Ballantyne, L., Barrett, E., Cowman, C. S., Fitzsimons, C., Maher, J., Ryan, K. M., & Greene, C. M. (2023). Lost in the mall again: A preregistered replication and extension of Loftus & Pickrell (1995). Memory, 31(6), 818–830. Nader, K., Schafe, G. E., & LeDoux, J. E. (2000). Fear memories require protein synthesis in the amygdala for reconsolidation after retrieval. Nature, 406(6797), 722–726. Talarico, J. M., & Rubin, D. C. (2003). Confidence, not consistency, characterizes flashbulb memories. Psychological Science, 14(5), 455–461. Innocence Project. How Eyewitness Misidentification Can Send Innocent People to Prison (DNA exoneration figures). Note: some of these findings come from small studies, and researchers still debate how far lab results carry over to everyday life and to every individual. Nothing here means that what people say happened to them did not happen. If distressing memories or memory problems affect your daily life, consider talking to a professional. Understory looks underneath everyday life. New videos regularly. #psychology #memory #falsememories