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When I remember something, I usually have some sense of how long ago it was, even without contextual clues (e.g., yesterday vs last week vs last year). Is there a name for this sensation of temporal distance, or any studies of how it gets stored in memory?

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When I remember something, I usually have some sense of how long ago it was, even without contextual clues (e.g., yesterday vs last week vs last year). Is there a name for this sensation of temporal distance, or any studies of how it gets stored in memory?	1