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Can groups of people "remember" something that didn't happen? 一群人在一起能“记住”没发生过的事？ 来自新学院大学心理学教授William Hirst的回答： WE KNOW THAT IT’S RELATIVELY EASY to implant memories. We also know that once a memory has been implanted the process continues and there are studies on what’s called updating. Take the case of false news about the Iraq War early on which was discovered to be false; in one study if you were in Germany or Australia you were likely to update the information, but if you were American you weren’t as likely to update the information. So for some people, even if you were told a fact was wrong, you would still remember the previous incorrect fact. This suggests that memory is schema consistent, so if something fits into the way you think things should be it, you don’t easily revise the memory once it’s been formed. 我们都知道植入记忆很容易，而且一旦一段记忆被植入了，这一过程还会继续，有过关于记忆更新的研究。以伊拉克战争虚假资讯为例，这一资讯很早就被发现有误。一项研究发现身在德国或澳大利亚有可能更新信息，但美国人就不会更新信息，所以对于一些人来说，即使被告知一件事是错的，仍会记住此前的错误事实。这表明记忆模式是不变的，所以如果某件事符合你的预计，记忆一旦形成就不容易更改。 | 
