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Getting high on cannabis makes people vulnerable to 'false memories' | Live Science
Can you trust an eyewitness while they're high, or should you wait until they sober up?
People who are high on cannabis are more likely to form false memories, in which they wrongly "remember" information that they never actually learned or recall snippets of an event that never happened, new research suggests.
False memories can arise spontaneously when people draw faulty inferences from their actual experiences. For instance, you might remember your co-worker being at the big meeting last Monday because everyone else attended when, in reality, he was out sick. In other cases, external sources supply the misleading information that fuels false memories, whether in the form of leading questions, faulty personal accounts from other people or misinformed media coverage.
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A lot of bad things can happen when people are stoned. If it leads to court, develop amnesia as a defense.
Can you trust an eyewitness while they're high, or should you wait until they sober up?
People who are high on cannabis are more likely to form false memories, in which they wrongly "remember" information that they never actually learned or recall snippets of an event that never happened, new research suggests.
False memories can arise spontaneously when people draw faulty inferences from their actual experiences. For instance, you might remember your co-worker being at the big meeting last Monday because everyone else attended when, in reality, he was out sick. In other cases, external sources supply the misleading information that fuels false memories, whether in the form of leading questions, faulty personal accounts from other people or misinformed media coverage.
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A lot of bad things can happen when people are stoned. If it leads to court, develop amnesia as a defense.