Comment by kgeist

I also wonder how much of what we remember is false memories. For example, I vividly remember my first steps when I was around 1 year old. But the details don't match what actually happened. It happened in a different house, for example. I think what actually happened is that my parents loved to tell this story every birthday of mine, I imagined how it might look like, and my brain formed a false memory. I read somewhere that a lot of what we remember is false memory (made up or distorted) and we are completely unaware of it.