{"id":263838,"date":"2025-03-21T14:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/human-memory-is-flawed-but-a-new-book-says-thats-ok\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:37:30","slug":"human-memory-is-flawed-but-a-new-book-says-thats-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/human-memory-is-flawed-but-a-new-book-says-thats-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"Human memory is flawed. But a new book says that\u2019s OK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Memory Lane<\/a>Ciara Greene and Gillian MurphyPrinceton Univ., $29.95<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are countless metaphors for memory. It\u2019s a leaky bucket, a steel trap, a file cabinet, words written in sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one of the most evocative \u2014 and neuroscientifically descriptive \u2014 invokes Lego bricks. A memory is like a Lego tower. It\u2019s built from the ground up, then broken down, put away in bins and rebuilt in a slightly different form each time it\u2019s taken out. This metaphor is beautifully articulated by psychologists Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy in their new book, Memory Lane<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n