How Has Memory Affected By Memory Distortion?

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I was very disgusted by the happenings with the McMartin trials. I was shocked, that this would happen at a preschool where many children are sent. This is so sad. Parents trust other people with their kids and don't expect anyone to ever touch their children in this way. However, the article tells us that Judy Johnson ends up going psychotic, I would then believe that she may have made up the story.

I think that memory distortion happens to everyone. It is common for one to think that only their memory is distorted. Memory distortion affects our memories by switching up the order, ending the memory before it's done, and / or adding things to the memory that weren't really there. This is like when someone tries to re-tell a dream that he/she

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