September 4, 2001

9:02 PM

How easily can false memories be created through advertisements? Could you be convinced that Bugs Bunny was at Disneyland? Full results from a larger study will be revealed soon. "Is it OK for marketers to knowingly manipulate consumers' past?"
posted by gluechunk (4 comments total)

I hear them coming now...
posted by Doug at 9:10 PM on September 4, 2001

Double post, but the page that linked to doesn't seem to come up any more.

It's creepy to think about how easily memory can be manipulated, and it's all the more so to when you start thinking about the recovered memory and Satanic ritual abuse hysteria that got whipped up in the '80s.
posted by snarkout at 10:15 PM on September 4, 2001

Whoops, thanks for pointing out the double post. I did do a search for certain words but I guess that Strawberry Shortcake douche post didn't grab my eye.
posted by gluechunk at 10:21 PM on September 4, 2001

I did my best.
posted by dong_resin at 7:04 AM on September 6, 2001