Memory & perception / Subject directory

What we experience.
What we remember.

Imagination, sensory experience and memory, examined through developmental studies and controlled experiments.

Published reading notes.

Perception & development

Imaginary companions: what does a child actually “see”?

Imagination, pretend play and vivid experience, without assuming that an imaginary companion is a ghost or an illness.

Developmental studiesRead note ↗
Memory & cognition

The Mandela effect: shared memories, tested experimentally

What research demonstrates about shared false memories, and what it does not establish about reality changing.

Controlled experimentsRead note ↗