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“Have you noticed […] that when you recall your first kisses, early birthdays, your earliest summer vacations, they seem to be in slow motion? ” […]

That’s because when it’s the “first”, there are so many things to remember. The list of encoded memories is so dense, reading them back gives you a feeling that they must have taken forever. But that’s an illusion. “It’s a construction of the brain,” says Eagleman.

Why does time fly by as you get older ?- NPR