Remember This: The Fascinating World of Memory

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2 10 1 HOW MEMORY WORKS God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December -J.M. Barrie 1860-1937 Scottish novelist and creator of Peter Pan Let's say I ask you to remember your last birthday I bet a picture is forming in your mind Perhaps you see yourself surrounded by friends and family opening gifts Do you hear your friends singing Happy Birthday Can you almost taste your chocolate cake Or maybe you are remembering remembering the feeling of your grandfather holding you close as he hugs you or the sulfury smell when you blow out the candles and make a wish Memories have a way of popping up in milliseconds That's superquick considering that a millisecond is one thousandth of a second о