Your memory rewrites the past and edits it with new experiences, study finds
February 9, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Quote:Our memory is a poor way of recording events, a study has found, as it rewrites the past with current information, updating recollections with new experiences.
In the study, How your Memory Rewrites the Past, researchers looked at the exact point in time when incorrectly recalled information was implanted into an existing memory.
The team found that memory rewrites the past with current information, updating recollections with new experiences. This form of editing happens in the hippocampus, working as the memory’s version of a film editor or special effects team.
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