According to a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience , our brain deceives us and it is for no other reason than the complex functioning of our memory.
The part of the brain known as the hippocampus works as a content editing system , in this case with both recent and past memories, which operates constantly, without pause, retouching or editing each scene of our life .
Hence, when the memory of having felt love at first sight has come to mind, it is nothing but a reflection of that edition: our brain tricks us by projecting our current emotions to the moment in the past when we met that person at who we wanted.
"Memory is designed to change, not reproduce events, so we are not credible witnesses," says Donna Jo Bridge, lead author of the study and researcher at Northwestern Bridge University.
So as if it were a puzzle, our mind combines the experiences of the past and the present to update the memories, in such a way that they "fit" in our present moment. This occurs as a survival mechanism. This adaptation of memories helps us face the obstacles that we encounter in our life.
