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<br>Sharing images may subtly change what - and how - we remember. Although they might appear crystal clear in our minds, our reminiscences will not be a carbon copy of the occasions we witnessed. Every time we recall a memory, we might accidentally alter it or diminish its accuracy. Even trivial reminiscences are simply corrupted with mere suggestions. The psychologist Elizabeth Loftus once discovered that when persons are advised cars "collided" instead of "hit," they recalled a automobile accident as being extra severe than it was. Most frustrating of all: We change these details and reconstruct reality with out being aware we’re doing it. And the seams of our edited reminiscences are silently sealed |
