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Ajay is in his Psychology class when a female intruder enters. She threatens the teacher and takes a mobile phone. The next day, Ajay says that the intruder was male and carrying a knife, which is not true.

Explain why Ajay’s memory for the event may be inaccurate the next day

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He might have a short term memory or a brain tumor pressing on his memory part of the brain
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