Retrieving memories is an active process that can bias and distort memories – News-Medical.Net

Adopting a third-person, observer point of view when recalling your past activates different parts of your brain than recalling a memory seen through your own eyes, according to a new paper.
Our perspective when we remember changes which brain regions support memory and how these brain regions interact together.”
Peggy St Jacques, Study Co-Author and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science’sDepartment of Psychology, University of Alberta
Specifically, the results show that recalling memories …

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