Explore the fascinating world of long-term memory in this 1 hour 24 minute conference talk from the World Science Festival. Delve into the storage, recall, and forgetting processes of memory from molecular, psychological, and emotional perspectives. Discover how memories can be naturally altered and how they might help predict the future. Investigate phenomena like déjà vu, suggestibility, and "senior moments." Learn about different types of memory, conditioning, and animal memory studies. Examine the potential for memory erasure and updating through reconsolidation. Understand how memories can be misremembered or falsely created, and participate in a misattribution memory test. Explore the connection between emotional and persistent memories, and hear about extraordinary memory capabilities. Gain insights from experts in the field as they discuss these intriguing aspects of human memory and its complexities.
Overview
Syllabus
Dan Harris Introduction
Participant Introductions
How do we define memory and how do we get memory?
What are the different kinds of memory?
Pavlov and conditioning memory.
Teaching animals to remember.
What would happen if we gave ZIP to humans?
Can we remove one specific memory from our lives?
Updating your memory with memory re-consolidation.
How close are we to erasing single bad memories?
The way we remember things incorrectly.
Donald Thompson and false rape allegations.
Take the misattribution memory test.
Emotional memory related to persistence memory.
Josh Foer Author "Moonwalking with Einstein" and his amazing memory
Why does our memory mix up the past?
Taught by
World Science Festival
