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Imagination inflation (Wikipedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_inflation
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Imagination inflation (Wikipedia)
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Imagination inflation is a type of memory distortion that occurs when imagining an event that never happened increases confidence in the memory of the event.
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Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)

This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 4 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Psychological Phenomena, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.

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4

Psychological Phenomena

Holds

1

Psychological Phenomena

General References

3

Psychological Phenomena

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