Understanding the Mandela Effect

What is the Mandela effect primarily associated with?

• Time travel

• Collective misremembering of events

• Parallel universes

• Deja vu

Who coined the term 'Mandela effect'?

• Nelson Mandela

• Fiona Broome

• Sigmund Freud

• Albert Einstein

What does the Bologna Centrale railway station clock case illustrate?

• The existence of parallel worlds

• The impact of time travel on memory

• The fallibility of human memory

• The reliability of human memory

What was the main focus of the 2021 study by University of Chicago researchers?

• The existence of parallel universes

• The reliability of eyewitness testimony

• The visual Mandela effect

• The impact of time travel on memory

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic identified for the Mandela effect?

• Low identification accuracy

• High familiarity

• High consistency in being chosen

• High correlation with reality

What surprising result was found in the second experiment of the study?

• Participants always chose the correct image

• Participants created new false memories

• Participants chose the VME image even after studying the correct one

• Participants could not distinguish between any images

What did the MouseView experiment aim to determine?

• If the Mandela effect is caused by time travel

• If the Mandela effect is a result of parallel universes

• If auditory processes affect memory accuracy

• If visual processes affect memory accuracy

What theory suggests that people fill in information based on association?

• Relativity Theory

• Quantum Theory

• Schema Theory

• String Theory

Which of the following is NOT a proposed explanation for the Mandela effect?

• Time travel

• Priming

• Confabulation

• Schema Theory

What is the current scientific consensus on the Mandela effect?

• It remains unexplained

• It is caused by parallel universes

• It is a result of time travel

• It is fully explained by schema theory