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reality monitoring
reality monitoring Reality monitoring is the mental process of deciding whether information or an event came from an internal source, such as imagination or memory, or from the outside world.
Reality monitoring is the mental process of deciding whether information or an event came from an internal source, such as imagination or memory, or from the outside world. It helps people tell real experiences from imagined ones, and errors in this process can lead to misattributing the source of mental experiences.