False Memory

False memory refers to the recollection of an event, or the details of an event, that did not occur. The term may also refer to:

  • False memory syndrome
  • Source-monitoring error
  • Confabulation
  • False Memory (novel), by Dean Koontz

Famous quotes containing the words false and/or memory:

    “What makes all doctrines plain and clear?
    About two hundred pounds a year.
    And that which was proved true before
    Prove false again? Two hundred more.”
    —Samuel Butler (1612–1680)

    “The pure serene of memory in one man,—
    A ripple widening from a single stone
    Winding around the waters of the world.”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)