Psychologists ask how well -- or badly -- we remember together

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 16:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Several years ago, Suparna Rajaram noticed a strange sort of contagion in a couple she was close to. One partner acquired dementia -- and the other lost the nourishing pleasures of joint reminiscence. "When the other person cannot validate shared memories," said Rajaram, "they are both robbed of the past."

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