Head space: why our adolescent memories are so clear | Daniel Glaser

The vivid recall of memories from early adulthood is to do with the state of the brain when they were first processedRecently I was asked to choose a track that changed my life, as part of an event called OneTrackMinds. Without hesitation I chose the one I first heard when I was 17, effortlessly skipping back over decades to hook into a song from my late adolescence. I had my reasons for selecting this particular piece, but a neurobiological phenomenon was at work here, too.The so-called reminis