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Why there’s no place like home for the holidays
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How we think about our past experiences affects how we can help others
Beware rumination: it interferes with our ability to feel empathy for others
Smartphone apps help those with brain injuries, and everyone else’s memory too
Research suggests apps simply free our minds to focus on other things - rather than making our memories lazier
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We are easily tricked into wrongly believing we will recall particular information
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Reflecting on times past can help people cope with the present
How you keep things ‘in mind’ over the short term
Working memory is central to our functioning but it ebbs and flows over our lifespan
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