...those who were more vulnerable to false memories also tended to suffer more frequent lapses in attention and memory
I know a man. A very brilliant man. He claims to remember a fire at the Rath Packing Plant in Waterloo, Iowa when he was about 18 months old. His mother disputes the fact that he remembers this fire. Not the fact of the fire itself. The topic comes up at just about every major family dinner, which means I have about ten days until the next go-round.

So, anyway, this man remembers exquisite details from the 1950’s and 60’s but has a little trouble remembering where he put the car keys, his hat, etc. I am not expecially alarmed by this since he has been this way since the early days of our marriage. (To digress further, this is why I will not be doing any Biblical reading at my sister’s wedding which involves why God created woman. I could so easily go off on my own little improv about the male memory....) As soon as I can get his lapsed attention, he should read this article.