# 52. Manipulation of Memory ## 52.5. Methodology/Refinements/Sub-species ### 52.5.6. Consistency bias This is the inclination to incorrectly remember our past attitudes and behaviour as resembling our present ones, e.g. "I have always felt the same about this." A manipulator can use this tendency to persuade a victim to act on their "long-held" beliefs (which may actually be very newly acquired beliefs).