00:00This has happened to all of us at some point you have a distinct memory of how something happened only for others who were there to correct you saying it went down differently and while you might think that time may have simply eroded your memory of whatever happened it turns out false memories can be formed much quicker to reveal this researchers set up experiments specifically devised to test short-term memory after asking participants to recall images a mere half second after viewing them 20% of people had already formed a false short-term memory of what happened.
00:30Meanwhile that number jumped to 30% after extending that time to just three seconds and it turns out a lot of memory formation has to do with expectations the experiments used the western alphabet for the test however they would often show the letter in different orientations like showing the letter D oriented like this since adults in the western world are so used to seeing letters oriented correctly they often remember them that way whether they are or not so what does this mean when extrapolated to real life encounters well a lot actually previous studies have shown that human
01:00human biases can inform what we think about individuals specifically associating criminal activity with black faces meaning expectations about race could lead to false memories being generated in the blink of an eye
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