Re: It's not at all surprising Speed

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waterfield
In involves the Law of Recency which essentially says that recent experiences come to our memories more easily than those in the past.(The Law of Recency refers to the observation that memories of recent experiences come to mind more easily than memories from the distant past (T. Brown, 1824; Calkins, 1896). Given the ubiquitous nature of recency across time-scales, memory tasks, and stimulus materials, it is not surprising that it has occupied center stage in theoretical analyses of memory over many decades (Crowder, 1976).)

We hold what we most recently have observed to be the truth as opposed to what we once held to be the truth. I.e. "my present girlfriend is so much prettier than my last one".