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Elizabeth A. Phelps

Elizabeth A. Phelps

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We followed people’s memories of 9/11 over the past 25 years — they started hallucinating things by 2002 and never stopped

These erroneous memories became stable over time. What most people reported after one year — even if it was wrong — remained when we assessed it...

14.09.2026 10

Fortune

Elizabeth A. Phelps

Your memories of how you heard about 9/11 may well be wrong – we’ve been asking the same people what they remember for 25 years

Memories are dynamic, not fixed. Even if what you’re remembering about your own experience isn’t quite how it all happened, those memories serve...

12.09.2026 10

The Conversation

Elizabeth A. Phelps