Striking moments make previous memories stronger

Emotional experiences strengthen our memories of more mundane moments before or after

A person's hand holding an open photo album with its pages full of pictures, some labelled "Early summer in the backyard."

Scientists have long puzzled over why people remember some everyday moments and not others. A new study shows that weak memories can attach themselves to more exciting ones.

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Chenyang (Leo) Lin grew up in a coastal city in southern China, far from any woods.