Mystery of memory: Why it isn't perfect

Friday, November 16, 2012 - 18:30 in Psychology & Sociology

When, as an adult, he returned to Alexandria, Egypt, where he lived as a child, writer André Aciman felt he remembered everything; he could walk and never get lost; he recognized the smells. But something was gone: a memory.

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