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False memory is a type of memory error in which individuals recall events that never occurred or experience distortions in the details or context of actual events. In cognitive psychology literature, this term encompasses a broad range of episodic memory distortions, from alterations in the content of an event (e.g., remembering a gun instead of a knife) or its context (e.g., believing one saw something that was merely imagined) to the creation of entirely new and autobiographical events (e.g.,