Your own childlike face brings back memories

Your own childlike face brings back memories

Utkarsh Gupta demonstrates the rejuvenating illusion on his own likeness. © Anglia Ruskin University

As adults, we often find it difficult to recall memories from our childhood. But a simple trick could possibly help our memory: In an experiment, test subjects remembered early autobiographical experiences in more detail when they saw their own face in a digitally altered, childlike version. Also

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