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Simply Imagining Other People Can Change Our Own Sense Of Self

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New study shows that our personal memories might not be personal at all.
All it takes to change your memories is thinking about a different person, and considering how they would approach what happened to you.
Perhaps our character isn’t as unique as we think, but more fluid, and changed by every person we meet.
Our evaluation of ourselves changes even when we think of objects, not just other people.

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Science (55) Degeneration of neurons in rat brains stopped with pre- and probiotic treatment
Psychology (58) Kids with depressed parents have different brains
Cosmos (28) Huge black hole found, shouldn’t even exist
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Society (59) Majority of anti-vaxx ads on Facebook are funded by just two organizations
Medicine (56) Young children have lower grades due to increased salt intake
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