#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories
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🗓️ 25 May 2024
⏱️ 200 minutes
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Charan's X: https://x.com/CharanRanganath
Charan's Instagram: https://instagram.com/thememorydoc
Charan's Website: https://charanranganath.com
Why We Remember (book): https://amzn.to/3WzUF6x
Charan's Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ptWkt1wAAAAJ
Dynamic Memory Lab: https://dml.ucdavis.edu/
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(10:18) - Experiencing self vs remembering self
(23:59) - Creating memories
(33:31) - Why we forget
(41:08) - Training memory
(51:37) - Memory hacks
(1:03:26) - Imagination vs memory
(1:12:44) - Memory competitions
(1:22:33) - Science of memory
(1:37:48) - Discoveries
(1:48:52) - Deja vu
(1:54:09) - False memories
(2:14:14) - False confessions
(2:18:00) - Heartbreak
(2:25:34) - Nature of time
(2:33:15) - Brain–computer interface (BCI)
(2:47:19) - AI and memory
(2:57:33) - ADHD
(3:04:30) - Music
(3:14:15) - Human mind
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Charononath, |
| 0:03.2 | a psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis, |
| 0:06.5 | specializing in human memory. |
| 0:09.6 | He's the author of Why We Remember, Unlocking memories, power to hold on to what matters. |
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