Memory special: What happens to memories over time?
24 October 2018
Memories fade, but that's no accident. Forgetting is a useful trick of the mind, and even when memories are lost, they aren't always forgotten
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As you slumber, the brain is a whir of activity sorting and storing your memories. How does it know which to choose, and how can you game the system?
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