Passer au contenu principal

Cognitive psychology of human memory (CogMemo thesaurus)

Choisissez le vocabulaire dans lequel chercher

Concept information

phenomenon > memory phenomenon > Mandela effect

Terme préférentiel

Mandela effect  

Définition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when a large group of people misremembers specific items, facts or events.

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • visual Mandela effect

Note d'application

  • The term “Mandela effect” was coined because people wrongly remembered that politician Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s.

Appartient au groupe

Référence(s) bibliographique(s)

  • • 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

Créateur

  • Frank Arnould

Traductions

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-ZX2F9HS9-8

Télécharger ce concept :

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 13/01/2024, dernière modification le 14/05/2025