In a study that is described in the textbook,college students were asked to either perform or imagine performing actions.On a future memory test,what did the researchers find?
A)The students sometimes believed that they had performed actions that they had only imagined.
B)The students remembered performing only bizarre actions.
C)The students remembered performing only ordinary actions.
D)The students tended to believe that they had imagined actions they had actually performed.

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The researchers found that the students sometimes believed that they had performed actions that they had only imagined. This is known as the "false memory" effect, where our brain can create memories of events that never actually occurred.

In a Study That Is Described in the Textbook,college Students