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"When someone tells me they are sure they remember exactly the way something happened, I just laugh," Bridge said.
The reason for the distortion, Bridge said, is the fact that human memories are always adapting.
"Memories aren't static," she noted. "If you remember something in the context of a new environment and time, or if you are even in a different mood, your memories might integrate the new information."
It's essentially like something like every time you view a jpeg, you actually copy and make a new one. Over time the quality of the image will go down until it is no more. Probably something similar with memories
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[–] toats 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
Interestingly, your brain distorts memories every time you remember them.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-memory-gameeach-recall-event-brain.html
[–] Dashippy 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I remember someone telling me that when you remember something what you actually remember is the last time you remembered it.
[–] Teh_Sauce_Guy 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
It's essentially like something like every time you view a jpeg, you actually copy and make a new one. Over time the quality of the image will go down until it is no more. Probably something similar with memories
[–] Lemongarb 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I remember that.