Introduction

Eric candell won a nobe prize for or breakthrough in understanding how memory works. Eis one of our leading neuro scientists who also knows how to make you remember something by engaging you with a story. Eric is an exceptionally good communicator. He knows how to connect in the simplest, most human way. I'm alan alda, and this is clear and vivid conversations about connecting and communicatingwe were so exciting, i put an electrode into the cells of the pecampus. This was the region that had been shown to be important for memory storage. And ha, thrill of having that was just spectacular.