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illusory memory

illusory memory Illusory memory is a memory defect in which recollection is false or distorted, so a person seems to remember events or details that were not actually experienced or recalls them in a mistaken way.

Illusory memory is a memory defect in which recollection is false or distorted, so a person seems to remember events or details that were not actually experienced or recalls them in a mistaken way. In this historical source, it is treated as a form of paramnesia, or false recollection.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Memory (defects of)” (Memory (defects of)).
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