The cornucopia in the Fruit of the Loom, the Berenstain Bears, and other false memories are known as the Mendela effect.
It’s when you misremember things. Like how Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s when he actually passed away in 2013 at the age of 95.
Here’s why it happens:
What’s a false memory? Psychologists explain how your brain can lie. [Popular Science] – “Academics have strongly debated how common these memories are, but everyone agrees that they do happen. In this story, we’ll explore what false memories are, why they happen, and what experts still don’t understand about them.”
