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How and why your memories shift over time, explained by neuroscience

Your brain changes when you experience something, and it changes again when you remember it. Two neuroscientists explain what that means for memory, perception, and identity.

André Fenton & Lisa Genova

Unlikely Collaborators

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The Well

How to turn information into intelligence

Having trouble learning? A PhD engineering professor gives you one key tip.

John Templeton Foundation

The Big Think Interview

The science of misremembering

It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.

encoding memory

Explain It Like I’m Smart

Our best guesses at the mystery of memory

Humanity's most advanced tech still hasn’t unraveled the mysteries of the human mind. Can brain scans show us how we store memories?

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