Here are the some interesting facts on our memory which you wouldn't know about it.
1. We fill in any gaps with made up memories. For
example, if we can’t remember who was at a team event we remember it was all
the usual crowd – even though some of them may not have been there.
2. Memory is unreliable and only partially accurate.
3. Later experiences affect old memories. Thus, if our
parents are mean during our teenage years, we may remember them as always
having been cold and unloving (even although may not actually be true).
4. Language can affect what we remember. For example,
this is often used during criminal trials where lawyers present witnesses with
leading questions (and thus trick them into misremembering the “facts”).
5. Instead of storing memories like reels of film, we
reconstruct them every time they come to mind. Thus details often change over
time, and we falsely remember things that never occurred.
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