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Have you ever been convinced that something is a particular way only to discover you’ve remembered it all wrong? If so, it sounds like you’ve experienced the phenomenon known as the Mandela Effect.
This form of collective misremembering of common events or details first emerged in 2010, when countless people on the internet falsely remembered Nelson Mandela was dead. It was widely believed he had died in prison during the 1980s. In reality, Mandela was actually freed in 1990 and passed away in 2013
Psychologists explain the Mandela Effect via memory and social effects – particularly false memory. This involves mistakenly recalling events or experiences that have not occurred or distortion of existing memories.
Examples:
1.
a. Looney Toons
b. Looney Tunes
2.
a. Sketchers
b. Skechers
3.
a. Tail with black
b. Just yellow
4. We all think of Freddie Mercury belting out, "of the world!" at the end of "We Are the Champions," but it.never.happened.
This form of collective misremembering of common events or details first emerged in 2010, when countless people on the internet falsely remembered Nelson Mandela was dead. It was widely believed he had died in prison during the 1980s. In reality, Mandela was actually freed in 1990 and passed away in 2013
Psychologists explain the Mandela Effect via memory and social effects – particularly false memory. This involves mistakenly recalling events or experiences that have not occurred or distortion of existing memories.
Examples:
1.
a. Looney Toons
b. Looney Tunes
2.
a. Sketchers
b. Skechers
3.
a. Tail with black
b. Just yellow
4. We all think of Freddie Mercury belting out, "of the world!" at the end of "We Are the Champions," but it.never.happened.
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