Suggestible Memory and the Reconstruction of Extraordinary Events
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Spanos, Burgess, and Burgess show that suggestive interviewing or hypnosis can lead people to believe they experienced complex events such as past-life memories, UFO encounters, or childhood satanic abuse by generating or validating fantasies as real, illustrating that memory is reconstructive and shaped by current beliefs and social influences rather than a verbatim record.
