Sunday 23 February 2014

Cryptomnesia – unintentional plagiarism

We know that people make up false memories if prompted. But since our brain never stops being a jerk, we can also convert real memories into things we believe we imagined.

Cryptomnesia can strike via our own memories, or our memories of things that others tell us. One of the most famous cases of cryptomnesia destroyed the fantasy-writing career of Helen Keller....

http://io9.com/cryptomnesia