False Memories Due To Cannabis.
The video explains how THC can distort memory retrieval, potentially leading to false memories. In an experiment, participants first viewed a series of labeled images that included negative, neutral, and positive content (e.g., a happy baby, a dying baby in the ICU). Two days later, after receiving THC, they were shown the same labels and asked whether each had been paired with a picture, rating their confidence on a five‑point scale. Some participants confidently reported having seen images that never existed, such as the ICU baby, indicating that THC can create vivid, high‑confidence false memories. The presenter notes that while most cannabis users likely do not experience such extreme distortions, the findings suggest that under certain suggestible conditions THC could produce false recollections.
