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Radiolab
Memory and Forgetting
Apr 26, 2024
Oliver Sacks shares the touching story of an amnesiac who remembers love and music despite his 7-second memory. The podcast explores the fragility of memory, erasure of memories with drugs, and the malleability of human memory through vivid examples and scientific discussions.
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- Memory is not a filing cabinet, but a dynamic digital process formed through neural connections.
- False memories can be implanted through subtle suggestions, blending fiction with true recollections.
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Memory Analogy: Filing Cabinet vs. Hard Drive
Memory was initially thought of as a filing cabinet, where information is stored and retrieved. However, scientists debunked this analogy, likening memory more to a hard drive. Just like a hard drive stores data digitally using zeros and ones, memories are formed in the brain through neural connections. Each memory is an active construction, with neurons forming connections. The concept challenged the traditional filing system analogy and highlighted memory as a dynamic and digital process.
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