Concept information
Preferred term
Mandela effect
Definition
- A memory phenomenon observed when a large group of people misremembers specific items, facts or events.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- visual Mandela effect
Scope note
- The term “Mandela effect” was coined because people wrongly remembered that politician Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s.
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Prasad, D., & Bainbridge, W. A. (2022). The visual Mandela effect as evidence for shared and specific false memories across people. Psychological Science, 33(12), 1971–1988. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221108944
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
• Dataset reference: Prasad, D., & Bainbridge, W. A. (2022, May 25). The Visual Mandela Effect: Evidence for Shared Specific False Memories. https://osf.io/7cmwf
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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effet Mandela visuel
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-ZX2F9HS9-8
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