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I've also found it quite hard to "overwrite" memories. At least, you need to let the pegs rest for a while before reusing them.

• ErrantX 16y ago
  When he writes about this sort of thing Derren Brown (British mentalist) mentions that once you get to a decent level of skill with this you can just make up new rooms in your head; he talks about "dropping" overused rooms and starting fresh ones.