4 Lesser-Known Scientific Discoveries! (And the women behind them)
A quick look at some awesome people behind discoveries in psychology, neuroscience and biology. Twitter: https://twitter.com/nessyhill Instagram: http://instagram.com/nessyhill SUBSCRIBE to...
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When you hear an interesting fact like “our euphoric feelings can come from our central nervous system producing endorphins” you don’t often stop and think of the scientists who did years of research to make that discovery. We’re going to go behind the facts and take a look at the scientists who discovered them. The Misinformation Effect is where our recollection of events becomes less accurate over time, because information after the event interferes with our original memory. One person behind this effect is American psychologist Elizabeth Loftus. In 1990, Loftus was asked to provide an expert testimony in a case where a woman rediscovered a childhood memory of a murder, but the repressed memory was found during a therapy session and was the only ev...
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When you hear an interesting fact like “our euphoric feelings can come from our central nervous system producing endorphins” you don’t often stop and think of the scientists who did years of research to make that discovery. We’re going to go behind the facts and take a look at the scientists who discovered them. The Misinformation Effect is where our recollection of events becomes less accurate over time, because information after the event interferes with our original memory. One person behind this effect is American psychologist Elizabeth Loftus. In 1990, Loftus was asked to provide an expert testimony in a case where a woman rediscovered a childhood memory of a murder, but the repressed memory was found during a therapy session and was the only ev...
