Your memories aren't unique

摘要

You might think your memories are special, but you're wrong. For the first time, we have clear evidence that we all use practically the same brain activity to record and recount shared experiences, rather than remembering and recalling events in random, individual ways. "We feel our memories are unique, but we see now that there's a lot in common between us in how we see and remember the world," says Janice Chen at Princeton University. Her team's work also suggests that we can implant these patterns into someone else's brain by telling them what we have seen.