“When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not” -- M.Twain

After the last post and your comments, I'm completely into thinking about memory processes and talking more with you about them. Have you guys seen this? I saw this video a while back but it came back to me as I was thinking more about memory and how odd and awesome it is. If you haven't seen it, prepare to be blown away.

And here's an episode of Radiolab on Memory and Forgetting. It is so, so good. You guys know how much I love Radiolab. This episode does such a nice job of explaining how memory in the brain works -- they have a knack for providing just the right metaphors. They also elaborate on LeDoux's work that I referenced in the last post on emotional memories. Many of the comments on the last post made some allusion to how amazing it was that we (or our children) DON'T remember things that seem so... memorable. In this Radiolab episode, you'll here more about how common it is to "lose" memories, how biased the memories we DO retain really are, and how easily we can create "false" memories. Fascinating stuff...

-- Isabela

Comments

[Flo]

Hi there, Just listened the NPR program which was fascinating. It'd be interesting to follow up on the bit about the creation of false memories. Got any more suggested listening along those lines? (I'm not a scientist, so looking for something in the style of that program which explained things very well!)

[r4i karte]

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