True Memory Vs False Memory

Since many psychologists have researched about the false memory, there is no reliable way to distinguish between true and false memory. People are unaware that a memory is false, but are fully cognizant of truth when lying or concealing incriminating information. People can have implicit knowledge of an event without being consciously aware of it. Although vivid false memories may seem indistinguishable from true memories, but they are sometimes processed by different parts of the brain. Even though both true and false memory show similar brain activation during retrieval phase, the true memory can be accompanied by the retrieval of greater sensory details than false memories (Stark, Okado, & Loftus, 2010). They find that the differences can