College students, 3rd shift workers and all round night owls may be at risk of recalling false memories of events that never happened, a new study findings. The findings suggest that sleep deprivation significantly alters memory after comparing the memories of those who had a good night’s sleep versus those who stayed up 24h straight. Thus, sleep-deprived individuals mix fact with imagination, embellish events and even “remember” things that never actually happened.

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