Schacter and his colleagues used fMRI to examine memory retrieval in subjects who believed that they had been abducted by aliens.They found subjects:

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Schacter and his colleagues found that subjects who reported alien abduction had memories that felt real to them but appeared to be false recall and recognition when examined in the lab. This suggests that their memories were not accurate and may have been influenced by factors such as suggestion or imagination.

Schacter and His Colleagues Used FMRI to Examine Memory Retrieval