Maya and Julian both watched the exact same silent security recording of an interaction between two people in a university library archives room.
Maya, an English literature graduate, described the scene as an exciting discovery where a researcher found a rare first-edition manuscript and warmly shook their colleague's hand in mutual celebration.
Julian, a security studies student, described the scene as a security breach where an unauthorised visitor was trying to smuggle out a restricted historical document and a staff member seized their arm to intercept them.
Using your knowledge of reconstructive memory, explain why Maya and Julian described the recording so differently.
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