Why it matters
Important for therapy, law, and identity.
Core term · Elizabeth Loftus
False Memory
A recollection that feels real and certain yet describes something that never happened, showing how memory rebuilds the past rather than simply replaying it.
Areas of life
Memoryjusticefamily stories
How to handle it
Treat memory as meaningful but not always exact.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
Bring it to your own life
Questions in this spirit
A term is just an idea until you apply it. Answer one.
Childhood +30
Is there a memory you're sure of that may have been gently reshaped by what others later told you about that day?
Mind +30
Think of a memory you trust completely. How much of it is truly yours, and how much was quietly written in afterward by what others told you, or what you wished had happened?
From concept to practice
Turn False Memory into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.