a memory is recalled it temporarily becomes unstable and therefore it can be changed or else you tell us who are who so that when information comes into the brain it's consolidated into a memory of unease and in two thousand we discover that when we recall a memory it's in an unstable state and new information can be added to it and this revised memory can be consolidated and stored with just like the one it was based on on the walk it was reviewed and so there is a point in time at which memories can be altered this new but that when we hear. this process takes place some consciously memories can be changed without has even realizing it. let's consider the case of a court of law which must rely on the testimony of witnesses. i think the false memory problem in our society is a really big problem and one of the reasons that i'm convinced of that is in