Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, creative process that reconstructs the past each time we reach for it.

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New research from the University of Houston reveals that distraction breaks memory by interrupting the brain's central ...

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You're in the kitchen, baking a cake, and the recipe calls for two cups of sugar. By the time you choose between the brown ...