Research has shown us that memories aren't these static snapshots of the world around us. Instead, they’re more like malleable stories about the past.

When she was nineteen years old the report was brought into question. New evidence emerged against Jane Doe’s claims. The marks on Jane’s hands and feet seemed to actually be the result of a skin infection.

Another series of studies looked at ways to take advantage of errors in this reconstruction of memory, otherwise known as confabulation. In one such study from psychologists at the University of Bedfordshire, researchers were able to plant rich false memories into seventy percent of participants