Memory is not always reliable from "summary" of Your Brain Is Playing Tricks on You by Albert Moukheiber
Our memories are not as concrete as we might think. They are not like video recordings that we can play back with perfect accuracy. Instead, our memories are reconstructed every time we recall them, and this process leaves room for error. When we remember something, we are not accessing a perfectly preserved mental snapshot of the past. Instead, we are piecing together fragments of information stored in various parts of our brain. These fragments can be influenced by our emotions, beliefs, and other memories, leading to distortions. One common way our memories can be unreliable is through a phenomenon called confabulation. Confabulation is when our brains fill in gaps in our memories with false information tha...
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