So Egg Salad Made You Sick?
Not only is it possible to create a false memory of a food that made you sick, that supposed memory changes your behavior for a long time. Interesting study from many perspectives: psychology, ethics, and dieting too.
Not only is it possible to create a false memory of a food that made you sick, that supposed memory changes your behavior for a long time. Interesting study from many perspectives: psychology, ethics, and dieting too.
I ate chicken salad one August afternoon in steaming hot Gainesville, Florida and afterward didn’t leave the side of the toilet for five days. Conclusion? I NEVER eat chicken salad or any other mayonnaise-slathered concoction called salad ina restaurant or buffet or party — tuna, macaroni, chicken, whatever. Unless I make it myself, that is, it just doesn’t go in my mouth …
Interesting link,
Thanks Rachel
More than 45 years ago I spent a Saturday evening with friends. We ate a LOT of pumpkin seeds. They were cheap enough that we could eat them without stinting and we loved them. The next morning I was sick and the main regurgitation was horrid pumpkin seeds. For years I would gag at the thought of eating them. There was nothing wrong with the seeds; nobody else got sick from them — turns out I was newly pregnant. But even at this long remove, I might eat one every three or four years but don’t like them.
The study of memory and of exactly how reliable memory is in any way has been one of the more interesting subjects being explored in depth in recent years by psychologists.
There was a piece published in one of the ‘Best American Science Writing’ annuals that is a goldmine of wonderful information on this subject. The question of what is ‘real’. And how that ‘real’ is created by each of us.
Next stop, Parallel Universes and String Theory. Wheeeee!
The manipulation of memory is a pretty scary concept. I’m picturing the makers of coca-cola reminding us of the memory of drinking a delicious coke with our tasty and satisfying McBurger.
I understand and accept that this is one of the basic principles of advertising, but it’s still alarming when you think about how advertisers will use this information.
Perhaps we’ll all just have to get a lot more savvy about it. The legal system seems to have been trying to come to terms with how to deal with this possibility.