The Mechanisms of False Memory and the Factors Contributing to It

Abstract

False memories are unavoidable and occur in creatures lives all the time, and false memory is not a mistake in the aspect of memory. But instead, the presence of underlying cues, emotional influences, and activation-related information effectively affects the memorys validity. The study of several pieces of literature found that memory is unreliable under certain conditions. There are also false memories caused by associative activation factors, which are imperfect reconstructions of reality between perception and memory. This article is divided into three main parts to introduce these formation mechanisms of false memory and what factors lead to the formation of false memory. These three parts are the principle of creating false memory in the hippocampus, the effects of associative activation on memory and causal enhancement and attenuation of associative activation, and the transmission of misinformation and the effect of retrieval cues on memory during the retrieval phase.