WHAT WOULD YOU TRUST?Jonah WhitmoreAll episodes

Why Does Your Brain Create False Memories? — Season 1: WHAT WOULD YOU TRUST? — Episode 6

Why Does Your Brain Create False Memories?
We trust our memories because they feel real.
A childhood room. A conversation. A face. A moment you can see so clearly that you never think to question it.
But memory isn't a recording. Every time we remember something, our brain reconstructs it. And sometimes, that reconstruction can become something that feels like a memory of an event that never happened.
So what happens when a memory is wrong?
Maybe the mistake doesn't matter.
But what if that memory changed the way you see yourself? What if it changed who you trusted, what you feared, or what you believed happened to you?
Because memories don't just tell us about the past. They help create the story of who we are.
And if your brain can create a memory that never happened...
what else do you trust simply because it feels true?
WHAT WOULD YOU TRUST? is a series of short psychological thought experiments about memory, identity, consciousness, choice, and trust.
By Jonah Whitmore.
Jonah Whitmore's fiction explores many of the same questions about memory, identity, choice, and trust.
The Memory Editor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHJ25SQ2
The First Archive
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHHHGBQ2
The Last Archive
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ24CPP1
The Unchosen
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJCYXRRY
The Memory That Remained
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJZH5RM7
Jonah Whitmore
https://jonahwhitmore.wordpress.com/