In a 1990’s study, participants recalled getting lost in a shopping mall as children. Some shared these memories in vivid detail, but there was one problem: none of these people had actually gotten lost in a mall. They produced these false memories after psychologists told them they’d gotten lost and parents confirmed it. So what’s going on?

在20世纪90年代的一项研究中，参与者回忆起小时候在商场里迷路的经历。一些人生动详细地分享了这些记忆，但有一个问题：这些人都没有真正在商场里迷路过。他们是在心理学家告诉他们迷路了，父母也证实了这一点后，才产生了这些虚假的记忆。那么这是怎么回事呢？