false memory

The scientists used lasers to activate the rodent’s brain cells and implant a false memory, which was hailed as a neuroscience breakthrough by Smithsonian Magazine after the experiment’s results were published 10 years ago.

U.S.-based scientists created a false memory in the mind of a mouse after identifying the brain cells responsible for encoding memories.

A major finding of neuroscience is that when we believe a big lie, our brain creates a false memory system to accommodate it.

"When we are exposed to systemic lies, such as those of dictators and mind manipulators, the brain seems to create a false memory code for them, based on how we feel at the time of the lies."

When we are exposed to systemic lies, such as those of dictators and mind manipulators, the brain seems to create a false memory code for them, based on how we feel at the time of the lies.