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...you are battered and bruised in the collisions between reminiscence and reality.

David Eagleman

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David Eagleman
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: April 25
Author
Neuroscientist
Psychologist
Researcher
University Teacher
Albuquerque
New Mexico
David M Eagleman
David Eagleman
Reminiscence
Collisions
Battered
Bruised
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Reality

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