▁conscious ness ▁and ▁you ▁are ▁una ware ▁of ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁its ▁related ness ▁within ▁your ▁memory . ▁Sp reading ▁activation ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁build ▁over ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁many ▁hours , ▁days , ▁or ▁even ▁weeks ▁before ▁a ▁random ▁semantic ▁memory ▁" p ops ". ▁ ▁False ▁mem ories ▁Main ▁page : ▁False ▁memory ▁synd rome ▁ ▁False ▁mem ories ▁result ▁from ▁persistent ▁belief s , ▁suggestions ▁via ▁authority ▁figures , ▁or ▁statements ▁of ▁false ▁information . ▁Re pe ated ▁expos ure ▁to ▁these ▁stim uli ▁influence ▁the ▁re organ ization ▁of ▁a ▁person ' s ▁memory , ▁affect ing ▁its ▁details , ▁or ▁impl ant ing ▁v ivid ▁false ▁accounts ▁of ▁an ▁event . ▁This ▁is ▁usually ▁account ed ▁for ▁by ▁source - mon itor ing ▁error , ▁where ▁a ▁person ▁can ▁recall ▁specific ▁facts , ▁but ▁cannot ▁correctly ▁identify ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁that ▁knowledge ▁because ▁of ▁apparent ▁loss ▁of ▁the ▁association ▁between ▁the ▁epis od ic ▁( specific ▁experience , ▁or ▁source ) ▁and ▁semantic ▁( con cept - based , ▁or ▁g ist ) ▁accounts ▁of ▁the ▁stored ▁knowledge . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁is ▁crypt om nes ia , ▁or ▁in ad vert ent ▁pl ag iar ism , ▁where ▁one ▁duplicates ▁a ▁work ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁previously ▁encountered ▁bel ieving ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁their ▁original ▁idea . ▁False ▁mem ories ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁account ed ▁for ▁by ▁the ▁generation ▁effect , ▁which ▁is ▁an ▁observable ▁phenomen on ▁where ▁repeated ▁expos ure ▁to ▁a ▁belief , ▁suggestion ,