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CM 188: Lisa Genova on the Science Behind Memory

Curious Minds at Work

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How to Create a Semantic Memory

If I'm trying to create a semantic memory what are some of the ways that are really helpful to do that semantic memory much like muscle memory is it feels like work to learn it. If I can associate a lot of other information that I already know with the new stuff that will help our brains love visual imagery so if I can attach of something visual and especially if that's something visual is maybe a little strange or or somehow exciting or memorable that will help too self-testing. Every time we retrieve a memory we are activating those neural pathways and making them strongerI thought it was interesting when you asked me about how people remember things they don't actually recall but just sort of feel as though

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