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Ep44 "Why can't you tickle yourself?" (Time Traveling Part 2)

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Memory and Imagination in Prediction Making

This chapter explores the relationship between memory and imagination in making successful predictions for the future. The speakers discuss how memory is the foundation of imagination, and how the brain's ability to make good predictions relies on stored memories. They also highlight a fascinating observation that patients with damage to the hippocampus not only have amnesia for past experiences, but they also struggle to imagine new ones.

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