Maria Konnikova

In the world of speeches and orations, especially historical ones, the persistent misquotation is understandable. You hear a speech. You misremember or mishear a line as something more colorful than it was.

American Writer

Emphasizes that a memory is not just forgotten but recalled wrongly.

Incorrect Memory

Suggests the error was unintentional, often without serious consequences.

Honest Mistake

Used when certain details are recalled incorrectly, not the whole event.

Specific Detail

 I'm a memory scientist, and I specialize in how we remember important emotional events. I've particularly focused on how the memory interview process can severely impact the evidentiary quality of reports that we produce. A bad interview can lead you to forget details or misremember them

Misremember