I think you're likely closer to what's happening. The examples look pretty trivial and inconsequential; implanting a false memory of getting lost in a mall or h

I think you're likely closer to what's happening. The examples look pretty trivial and inconsequential; implanting a false memory of getting lost in a mall or having some ear infection when they were a very young child. Most likely the participants weighed arguing against these false memories versus not being confrontational and going along with the study. Try implanting a false memory of something of consequence, like a false memory that someone owes you 10 dollars or heck even 5 dollars, and then let's see just how easy it is to implant false memories into college aged students. Anyways, the actual study can be found here for free, and after reading it over it's quite underwhelming. For example, the study only says about 25% of participants ended up having false memories implanted after three interviews. https://blogs.brown.edu/recoveredmemory/files/2015/05/Loftus_Pickrell_PA_95.pdf https://blogs.brown.edu/recoveredmemory/files/2015/05/Loftus...