The human brain is much more adept at remembering pieces of information than remembering where those pieces came from. In particular, it can easily confuse fiction with facts and treat hearsay as proof. Here is how Source Monitoring Errors happen:
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Book: Brain Rules by John Medina
„The brain appears to be designed to (1) solve problems (2) related to surviving (3) in an unstable outdoor environment, and (4) to do so in nearly constant motion. I call this the brain’s performance envelope.” We tend to perceive the human brain as a magical box that does its own thing regardless of theContinue reading “Book: Brain Rules by John Medina”