Brian Lear on WNYC one of the mysteries of life.

Brian Lear on WNYC, One of the mysteries of life is our relationship with our memories, right? We think we remember things worse as we age. We associate loss of memory with disease fairly or not. It's become an issue in

politics now too with questions about trumps and Biden's memories. Did Trump

really forget that Nancy Pelosi and Nicki Haley are not the same

person as one of his campaign speeches seemed to suggest? Well a new book by a University of

California Psychology and Neuroscience professor suggests we may be thinking

about our own memories in some of the wrong ways and we might be happier with a little

attitude adjustment toward what we remember and what we forget.

The book is called Why We Remember, unlocking Memories Power to hold on to what matters by

Charonov, who is a UC Davis professor of psychology and

neuroscience. Professor Rongenoff, thanks very much for coming on.

Welcome to WNYC.

Thank you, Thank you.

It was very exciting.

I'm actually now Jonesing for a WNY hoodie, work hat.

Maybe we can work something out.

So listeners, anything you've ever wanted to ask an expert on memory but never had one over for dinner

Now is your chance

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212 4339692 if you have a question about memory. So you write that instead of asking why do we forget, we should

be asking why do we remember? So I'll bite. Why do we remember?

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