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Misremembering might actually be a sign your memory is working optimally

  • Written by Robert Jacobs, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
imageYou don't really need to remember what you ordered at the bakery a couple weeks ago.andresr/E+ via Getty Images

When asked the other day about a bakery near my home, I responded that I’d recently eaten its mouth-watering chocolate chip cookies. My wife corrected me, noting that the cookies I ate were actually oatmeal raisin.

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