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How Your Memory Works, and the Surprising Implications of Impaired Memory Function

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  • Your memory holds a record of your entire life and shapes your identity, but the ability to form memories does not occur until the age of about five. Prior to that, lack of self-recognition prevents autobiographical memory formation

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