Research on the actual accuracy of vivid, detailed memories of significant events, revealing that these memories are subject to distortion despite their subjective sense of clarity and confidence.
Example: Studies of 9/11 memories showing that people's recollections became less accurate over time despite their strong confidence in the memories' precision and detail.
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