# Is there a name for this false memory phenomenon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-false-memory-phenomenon/962346 "2022-04-05T21:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-false-memory-phenomenon/962346/13 "2022-04-06T17:36:36Z")
Came across this in the Mandela Effect thread and thought it was particularly fascinating: > [@Have you experienced the Mandela Effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-the-mandela-effect/818190/54): > > If we’re also including false memories personal to us, I have a very clear memory of being on a school bus, on the way back from a field trip my senior year of high school, and hearing for the first time the revised “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John that was released shortly after Princess Di’s death. I even remember the road we were driving on when the song. My friend Heather was sitting beside me, and it bummed her out too. The problem is that Princess Di died just before I started my junio… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-false-memory-phenomenon/962346)._