A photographic memory is wishful thinking

In fiction, perfect memories save the day, but our brains don’t really work that way

Illustrated side profile of a person’s head filled with colorful images—food, nature, people, and objects—suggesting thoughts and memories.

Memories fill our brains. But despite the popular fictional trope of a photographic memory, we can’t retain them all. Some slip away over time or blur at the edges, and that’s a good thing.

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In The Sheep Detectives, Mopple has a superpower: The anthropomorphic sheep can’t forget anything.