“Scientists say that when we recall something from our past, it isn’t as simple as taking out a photograph from an album. Because it isn’t the original memory we pull up. Rather, it’s a slightly different version of that memory – a memory of a memory. With each retrieval, the memory is altered.”

“Scientists say that when we recall something from our past, it isn’t as simple as taking out a photograph from an album. Because it isn’t the original memory we pull up. Rather, it’s a slightly different version of that memory – a memory of a memory. With each retrieval, the memory is altered.”

— Barbara Nickless