Did fake memories cause the Satanic Panic?

Описание: I explore the surprising science of false memories with Dr. Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember.

Dr. Ranganath reveals how memory is more imagination than recollection, why some people vividly remember things that never happened, and why the Satanic Panic was based on fiction, not fact.

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