Memories

• “Anyone who’s taken statements from multiple witnesses to the same event will know how malleable memory is.”

• “We are all the sum of our memories, after all.”

• “I collaborated on a brain imaging study in 2010, and the overwhelming conclusion we reached is that the neural patterns were very similar for true and false memories. We are a long way away from being able to look at somebody's brain activity and reliably classify an authentic memory versus one that arose through some other process.”

• “Die two months ago, and not forgotten yet? Then there's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year.”

• “Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.”

• “Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo.”

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Overview

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Memories across IJR