False memories about food can lead to food avoidance

Article Abstract:

Two experiments are conducted which suggest to 336 participants that as children they had become ill after eating either hard-boiled eggs or dill pickles. The results demonstrate that adults can be led to believe falsely that eating certain foods as children made them sick and that such false beliefs can have consequences.

Psychological aspects, Food habits

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What can children tell us about hindsight bias: a fundamental constraint on perspective-taking?

Article Abstract:

The difference in hindsight bias between adults and children that depends on cognitive perspective-taking and various processes that can contribute to a biased perspective taking are discussed.

Analysis, Cognitive psychology, Perspectivism

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Hindsight bias, the misinformation effect, and false autobiographical memories

Article Abstract:

Hindsight bias is compared with two other types of memory distortion namely the experimental creation of false autobiographical beliefs and memories.

Autobiographical memory, Memory biases

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