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Human memory is flawed. But a new book says that’s OK

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New book, Memory Lane , by psychologists Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy , explores how we form memories and how delicate those memories really are.

Author: Our memories are fallible and flawed, but these slips are features, not bugs.

Forgetting may make our brains more efficient by jettisoning extraneous fluff so we can focus on important memories.

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72

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72

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informal

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English

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49

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long-living

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