You say you would remember better if you were in that situation, but how do you know? Some evidence[0] suggests that memories are more distorted the more they a

You say you would remember better if you were in that situation, but how do you know? Some evidence[0] suggests that memories are more distorted the more they are remembered, so "reliving and remembering that day" may actually make things worse. Note that this may not affect your confidence in the memories. Since we're talking about podcasts, I should mention that there's a Radiolab episode[1] that discusses this. [0] http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/09/your-memory-is-like-the-telephone-game.html http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/09/your-... [1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/91569-memory-and-forgetting/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/91569-memory-and-forgetting/