ad NewsA Twitter study from Michigan State University found reading false info in other peoples tweets can actually skew or re-write your own memory. You may retain a memory for the inaccurate information rather than the actual information, explains that studys author, Kimberly Fenn, Ph.D.
The research seems to provide an answer to the question of those who have a bad memory. For the study, researchers Stephen Frenda and Kimberly Fenn carried out tests on 104 students. They were given task to recall the details of the photographs of a simulated burglary.