European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Nenory people recreate their Livest suit images of the present by Daniel Golem an new York times scientific inquiry info personal memory is revealing the forces thai create distort and some limes erase lie images thai constitute each person s autobiography. Sorting through the fiction and fact with which each of us paints the Canvas of our lives the new research is assaying with new precision which aspects Are shewed or even erroneous. Through such findings researchers Are coming to understand More about the strands from which a Persona past is Woven most people would to Quile surprised at How malleable their memory is even Hose memories they eel most certain about said David c. Rubin a psychologist at Duke University. Rubin s research has shown thai people remember some parts of their lives far More easily than Olti ors. Remarkably the pattern of past memories tends to to the same Tor everyone. For instance from Middle age or most people have More reminiscences irom youth and Early adult years than for the most recent years. Evidence on How he present paints the past is emerging in other research revealing people s propensity to forget parts of their lives that no longer fit Wilh heir current images of themselves. This became Clear in a study of the Early Home Lite of 310 men and women who As children had Beon so troubled they were treated in a child guidance clinic. Researchers who racked the children Down some 30 years later discover a that those who had adjusted Well in adulthood had fewer memories of the painful events of childhood than did those who currently had emotional problems. For the Well adjusted adults the forgotten facts of childhood included family dependence on welfare and being in the care of Losier parents or in a Home for us Oro ats Ilo a unto � 60 s 50 s 40 s 30 s 20 s teens period of life remembered 10-0 Page 16 the stars and stripes Friday july 17.19b7