How memory works: why you can be sure of something that never happened
The forgetting curve: where forgotten memories go
Watch an old holiday video, and there are whole moments on it you cannot remember at all. Are they gone from your brain, or only hard to find?
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On the video, the four of you sit in Rono's car while the rain falls, and sing a song. Then Ilen tells a story. None of you remember the song or the story.
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In the 1880s, the psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus learned long lists of made-up words, like "DAX" and "ZOF". Then he tested himself after 20 minutes, an hour, a day, a month.
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