Have you ever recalled something – say, a memorable restaurant meal – but could not quite remember where it was or when it happened?  Scientists have now discovered why.

“Our brain separates memories into two parts:   First, ‘what’, the substance or content of the memory itself;  and second, ‘when and where’,  the context of the memory.”  A full memory of something involves connecting these two separate memories and reconstructing the........

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