false recollection
Invented past event
False recollection is a memory that feels genuine but doesn't accurately represent what actually happened.
The mind fills gaps, blends events, or constructs scenes that never occurred—yet the person sincerely believes they remember.
Under questioning, witnesses often develop false recollections without realizing it.
The phenomenon is central to debates about eyewitness testimony and recovered memories.
- misrememberRecall something inaccurately
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
- déjà vuIllusory prior experience
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
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