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Memory about ourselves should be the simplest memory possible: If we do not know about ourselves, what can we know about? If we cannot remember about ourselves, what can we remember? Thus, we can be sure about our own past, but we are less certain about anything else.
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Back, K.W. (1994). Accuracy, Truth, and Meaning in Autobiographical Reports. In: Schwarz, N., Sudman, S. (eds) Autobiographical Memory and the Validity of Retrospective Reports. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2624-6_4
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