Why our flawed, flexible memories come with social benefits
Though relationships are grounded in shared memories, some gaps and inaccuracies can help us live well in a social world
by Gillian Murphy & Ciara Greene
Ciara Greene is an associate professor in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin, where she leads the Attention and Memory Laboratory. She is co-author of Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember (2025).
Written by Ciara Greene