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I'm Darth... Darth Vader. I'm your density.

In my afternoon class today, we talked about false memories, specifically of alien abduction. Somehow this related to human behavior in information systems, apparently, although I really didn't see more than the most tenuous of links. We discussed an article* about a psychological study on people who claimed to have recovered lost memories of alien abductions and another group of people who believed they had been abducted by aliens but had no memory of the event. The article said,

"Participants in this group cited a variety of signs and symptoms that they believed indicated an abduction history (e. g. , insomnia, waking up in strange positions, unexplained marks on the body, preoccupation with science fiction)."

I love the idea that these people stay up all night reading Star Wars fan fiction, writhe around in bed and wake up convinced that this means they've been abducted by aliens.

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* Clancy, S.A. et al. (2002, August) Memory distortion in people reporting abduction by aliens. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(3), 455-461. Retrieved January 23, 2005, from PsychInfo (EBSCO Host) database. [I'm practicing my APA...]

srah - Tuesday, 25 January 2005 - 12:53 AM
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