Why do our memories drift? Part 2: Misremembering yourself

Is your notion of yourself built on narrative that may or may not be accurate? If someone told you an entirely false story about yourself, could you come to believe it? What does that have to do with six people who spent over a decade in prison together for a crime they didn’t commit? Join Eagleman for part 2 of some mind-blowing conclusions about your account of your own life.

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