Examining The Political Event That Wasn't There

NPR | Feb. 16, 2013 7:05 a.m. | Updated: Feb. 16, 2013 8:51 a.m.

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Politics is a subjective business, but a recent study seemed to indicate that — with some manipulation — people can claim to recall political events that never actually occurred. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with NPR science correspondent Shankar Vedantam about the research.