A criminal psychologist employed at London South Bank University as a senior lecturer claims that today scientists possess the ability to implant false memories of criminal behavior in people.

Julia Shaw, a Canadian, recently wrote a book about this subject entitled “The Memory Illusion”. She maintains that the phenomenon of implanted false memories calls into question claims made by some people who believe they became the subjects of extraterrestrial abductions.

In her opinion, these individuals have simply confused memory with vivid imagination. Julia Shaw recently returned from London to visit Toronto in order to promote the sale of her new book.

She argues her work holds value for critics of some police interrogations, and that implanted false memories might explain why some innocent people confess to committing crimes. In her view, false memories may arise when individuals repeatedly picture themselves in imagined situations.

Poor police interrogation techniques may cause some people to confuse events with their imagination.

She contends that psychologists can perform a “memory hack” and actually implant a false memory in someone by repeatedly lying to them in detail over the course of time.

She speculates that this situation occurs frequently when young children draw upon memories suggested to them through discussions with their parents or other people.

As they age, these individuals may assume they remember events mentioned to them during conversations, confusing imagination and memory.

She notes that to a very great extent, the human experience of reality stems “purely” from individual “perception”.