Hidden Brain

You 2.0: Did That Really Happen?

Aug 23, 2021

48:25

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Jurors and the Media

01:26

Are Older Adults More Sensitive to Memory Failures?

03:06

The Effects of the Words Smashed and Hit on the Memory of Witnesses

02:30

Introduction

2min

The Science of Memory

2min

Is There a Science to Memory?

2min

Memory and the War of the Ghosts

2min

Memory Is a Process of Reconstruction

2min

Reconstruction Errors in Memory

2min

How to Distort a Person's Memory Using Photo Shop

2min

Do People Remember Things Correctly?

2min

The Effects of the Words Smashed and Hit on the Memory of Witnesses

2min

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Jurors and the Media

1min

11.

I'm Shanker Ve Danthem, and You're Listening to Hidden Brain

3min

12.

How to Distort People's Memories

2min

13.

How Does Memory Work?

3min

14.

Are You Telling the Truth?

2min

15.

Are Older Adults More Sensitive to Memory Failures?

3min

16.

The Memory Athlete

2min

17.

The Memory Palace - How Do You Do It?

2min

18.

Can You Build a Memory Palace?

2min

19.

Using Imagination to Boost Memory

2min

20.

The Memory as Islands, or Associative Bridges

2min

21.

How to Consolidate Your Memory

2min

22.

Hidden Brain Podcast - The Emotion of Regret

2min

Our memories are easily contaminated. We can be made to believe we rode in a hot air balloon or kissed a magnifying glass — even if those things never happened. So how do we know which of our memories are most accurate? This week, psychologist Ayanna Thomas explains how we remember, why we forget, and the simple tools we all can use to sharpen our memories.

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