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Why do people remember the last part of an experience best?

Experiences end once, but endings replay forever.

People often remember endings more clearly because the brain gives extra emotional importance to how experiences finish.

The vacation lasts two weeks.

The final hour shapes the memory.

The hidden mechanism is recency weighting.

Humans do not store experiences equally.

Endings feel definitive.

Definitive moments feel meaningful.

People think memories are recordings.

Very often, they are stories edited by emotions.

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