The distorting influences of present knowledge, beliefs, or feelings on the recollection of previous experiences is termed:

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Bias refers to the influence of current knowledge, beliefs or feelings on the recollection of past experiences. It can distort the memories in a way that is consistent with one's current perspective or state of mind. Transience refers to the decline in memory over time, suggestion refers to the tendency to incorporate misleading information from external sources into one's memory, and misattribution refers to attributing a memory to the wrong source, person, time or place.

The Distorting Influences of Present Knowledge, Beliefs, or Feelings on the Recollection