Don’t remember? Or don’t think you remember?
September 15, 2011
Times of India:
One day you notice a group of boys passing by in a park. The next day you learn police are looking for someone to identify him as a suspect in a mugging case. Even if you think you can’t make a positive identification, a new study suggests that the mind is likely to remember.
According to the study, such information will make its way into your memory any way, whether we are able to recall it or not, the journal Psychological Science reports.
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In this case, the failure to make a positive identification could be owing to the fact that memory is not strong enough to support a yes response, says Anat Maril of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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