How your brain can trick you after a beloved artist’s scandal

New research finds that after a scandal involving a beloved artist, the brain tricks us: it reconciles a fallen artist with their adored art by rewriting our memories in two completely different directions.

Take Bill Cosby, for example. In the 1990s, The Cosby Show dominated prime-time television, and Cosby—who mesmerized the nation with his wit and humor—stood at the center o...