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Inflation of the imagination

Added	Mon, 19/11/2018
Sources	en.wikipedia.org link.springer.com link.springer.com alleydog.com
Феномены	Brownie Ghost The Alien Land creatures Gnome UFO
Version type	Sense

Imagination inflation is an effect in which the representation (imagination) event which never happened can increase confidence that it actually happened. It can lead to the formation of false or distorted memories.

It is related to the study of false memory. Often this occurs under the influence of Therapy methods memory recovery ( Recovered-memory therapy, or RMT), such as regressive hypnosis, guided visualization, therapy recovery memory etc.

The frequency returns to this memory increases the amount of detail, vividness of the memories, and confidence in its reality.

May refer to absolutely any memory, including to the mystical.

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