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  • Paper: Mundane behavioral decisions, actions can be ‘misremembered’ as done

    Jul 17, 2020 8:00 am by Phil CicioraResearch
    Professor Dolores Albarracin. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Professor Dolores Albarracin. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    Mundane behaviors that are repeated over time and occur in the context of many other similar behaviors can lead people to conflate intentions and behaviors and create false memories of completing the task.