To summarise, fuzzy trace theory proposes that memory illusions are possible because each of our experiences is stored as multiple fragments, and these fragments can be recombined in ways that never actually happened. Clearly, our brains are biological and chemical marvels which have some built-in mechanisms on a physiological level that can lead to the generation of complex, physiologically-based, memory illusions. These potential routes for error are largely incidental as a result of the benefits of an associative memory system, for without these associations we would be unable to have the
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