Reddit mentions of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

I have always found Malcolm Gladwell's books to be immensely entertaining. He can be a bit repetitive in pounding his major theses home and I wouldn't advocate for treating any of his theories as the gospel but he is a gifted storyteller and many of his stories regard psychological research.

The Psychopath Test Fascinating look at psychopaths by one of my favorite journalists. Well researched as has some scientific depth but is certainly geared towards the layman.

The Invisible Gorilla Very readable tour through some of our cognitive flaws and blind spots by two psychologists.

Thinking, Fast and Slow Very comprehensive account of how people make decisions by the father of behavioral economics.

I would check out The Invisible Gorilla. It's written by some Harvard Psychologists on everyday misconceptions. It has a section which talks about memory and how we trust it more than we should.

Not saying your story is false, but your comment reminded me of it. They have one story of this Psychology class where the day after the challenger explosion, they wrote down what happened. One kid wrote down that his friend in Switzerland called him and told him to turn on the TV around 1pm. 3 years later, they recalled the event and he wrote that he got back from class around 11am to find a commotion in his dorm, where he saw the news.

So I don't know if it's impossible that you don't remember anything younger than 2-3 years old, but it seems likely that it could be a false memory or something invented based on other real world experiences