What is the Mandela effect? And have you experienced it?

Nobody has a perfect memory. Do you think that the Stove Top Stuffing existed? There was a children's book series called The Berenstein Bears.

Neither of these references are correct. If you got these details wrong, don't feel bad, you can do a 2020 memory study.

Although the memory accuracy of the study's participants was very high, the research shows that a person's memory is not always correct. Knowledge can become distorted or confused when things that never happened become real.

This is the beginning of the mandela effect.

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Many people believe that something happened when it wasn't. These groups are adamant that they can remember a specific experience even if it is incorrect.

The name refers to a mass false memory involving many people admitting to remembering Nelson Mandela dying in prison. Nelson Mandela died at his home.

After she became aware that other people shared her recollection of the death of the leader of the free world, she came up with the term "paranormal consultant."

The collective false memory that has become real in the minds of many is called the Mandela effect.

These memories are based on popular culture. Two of the most widely recognized examples involve people misremembering the color of a packet of a particular flavor of snack.

Why does this happen? People who have never met can share the same misconception.

According to Tim Hollins, a professor of experimental psychology at the University ofPlymouth in the U.K., the Mandela effect seems to be related to a number of well-known memory phenomena.

There are three types of memory-related phenomena: false memory, source-memory errors, and which is when someone forgets the true source of a memory.

The fallibility of our memories can be seen in several social elements, such as Asch conformity, which is when people conform to a view in order to fit in with a group, and the misinformation effect.

The phenomenon ofgist memory is when someone has a general idea of something but can't remember the details.

It is easy to explain how many people can have the same errors of memory.

TheCurious George, a children's book character that first appeared in the 1940s, and his lack of a tail, is an example of the Mandela effect.

The fact that most monkeys have tails is reflected by the fact that Curious George has a tail.

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Some who have experienced the Mandela effect are convinced that it is proof of the existence of parallel universes, despite the fact that our memories are not entirely accurate and can change over time.

Some people are unwilling to admit when they are wrong.

When faced with evidence, people tend to over-believe their own memories.

Hollins said that people choose to believe their mistaken memory is proof of parallel universes, and how they can simultaneously consider themselves to have a strong memory, while being confronted with evidence to the contrary.

Is there any chance that the Mandela effect is evidence of parallel universes?

No. It is nonsense, said Hollins.

It was originally published on Live Science.