Obscure Links - March 06, 2026¶
Theme: Memory Manipulation
Today's curated discoveries from the hidden corners of the web.
1. Frontiers | Remembering what did not happen: the role of hypnosis in memory recall and false memories formation¶
Memory recall is subject to errors that can lead to the formation of false memories. Several factors affect memory processes, such as attention deficits or e...
2. Unringing the bell: Successful debriefing following a rich false memory study | Memory & Cognition | Springer Nature ...¶
In rich false memory studies, familial informants often provide information to support researchers in planting vivid memories of events that never occurred
3. Troubles with Remembering; or, The Seven Sins of Memory Studies - DRB¶
Donate Remembering the Troubles: Contesting the Recent Past in Northern Ireland , by Jim Smyth (ed), University of Notre Dame Press, 218 pp, $40, ISBN 978-0268-101749 Memory, unlike history, works best when looking backwards. Let us therefore begin at the end.