Unsolved mystery

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what is the Mandela effect?

all its history and some examples

The facts about the theory

and Other Possible Theories

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plagiarism

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Unsolved mystery research:

McDonough, Michael. Mandela effect. Cyclopedia Britannica, Oct 5, 2023.

• The Mandela effect originated in 2009 when a false memory of future South Africa African president Nelson Mandela dying in 1980s prison became widespread with almost identical details from the public
• Paranormal author created website for people to share and discuss memories that did not align with history
• researchers stated that the visual Mandela effect could not be universally explained by single explanation but for singular different reasons lol
• One popular scientific theory is collaboration the tendency for the brain to fill in the gaps in memory by unconsciously adding incorrect information though this was also disproven
• paranormal investigator firmly rejected that the Mandela effect could be a result of fake memories and instead stated the existence of parallel realities, alternate history and other supernatural theories
• Miss broome also has a YouTube channel dedicated to the Mandela effect which was fun to look through

Quotes-

• She even recollected his widows speech and riots in some cities -Fiona Broome
• Thousands of comments, people began to uncover shared memories that differ from reality and the Mandela effect went viral. It became an Internet phenomenon going as far as to inspire the film titled the Mandela effect (2019). – McDonough, Michael

Steamer, Sarah. New research shows consistency in what we misremember the university of Chicago, the university of Chicago |division of social sciences, December 10, 2024. :

• Ruled out the schema theory as a universal explanation: The theory suggests we are filling the information thats missing based on our associations.
• The human brain has also been known to know how widespread and consistent visual Mandelas are for different icons

Quotes-

• This effect is really fascinating because it reveals that there are these consistencies across people in false memories that they have for images that theyve never actually seen Wilma barnbidge
• One of the big questions in the bridge laboratory is why people remember certain things over others so far the researchers have found that people tend to remember and forget the same things