0429，Four ways that other people can warp your memory

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张雷

Your past is not your own. Through simple nudges, your friends, colleagues and strangers can change your recollections in ways you will never realise.

When we think of our memories, it’s natural to imagine a kind of personal library, a bit like Sherlock Holmes’s memory palace, where we have stored the most precious events of our lives. Along the shelves, you can pull out that fifth birthday when you dressed up as Superman, or that family picnic when you found a worm in your sandwich.