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Something You Should Know

How Your Memory Works (and Sometimes Doesn’t) & Why We Actually Need Viruses

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Science, Health & Fitness

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

You know when you get part of a song stuck in your head? It can be hard to get rid of. As with most things, this has been studied and I begin the episode today with some ways that will help you get that song out of your head. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/21/heres-how-get-song-out-your-head/99264896/ We all like to think we have good memories but the human memory is flawed in many ways. Some things we don’t remember at all, other things we don’t remember well and most memories get distorted over time. So how does the human memory work and why does it sometimes fail us? To help unravel the mystery is Lisa Genova. She is a neuroscientist, writer and speaker who has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Today, PBS NewsHour, and she is author of the book Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting (https://amzn.to/3ccv2B7). After all we have been through in the last year with Covid-19 you might find it odd to hear that we actually need viruses. But it is true according to Frank Ryan. Frank is virologist, physician, and pioneering evolutionary biologist at the University of Sheffield as well as the author of the book, Virusphere: From Common Colds to Ebola Epidemics – Why We Need the Viruses That Plague Us (https://amzn.to/3cYYQQJ). Listen as he explains what viruses are, what they do and why they are sometimes so deadly. If you hate spending lots of money to print documents - change the font! Some fonts use a lot more ink than others. Listen as I explain which font is most economical and other ways to save on printing costs. https://itstillworks.com/common-type-fonts-7402806.htm PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! If you care about the security of your online activity, IPVanish VPN is a quick and easy way to start protecting yourself. Get started with this limited time offer and save 50% off monthly & annual subscriptions, visit https://IPVanish.com/SYSK. Get key nutrients–without the B.S. Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit https://ritual.com/SOMETHING to start your Ritual today!  Right now, when you purchase a 3-month Babbel subscription, you’ll get an additional 3 months for FREE. That’s 6 months, for the price of 3! Just go to https://babbel.com and use promo code: SOMETHING With Grove, making the switch to natural products has never been easier! Go to https://grove.co/SOMETHING and choose a free gift with your 1st order of $30 or more! M1 Is the finance Super App, where you can invest, borrow, save and spend all in one place! Visit https://m1finance.com/something to sign up and get $30 to invest! Let NetSuite show you how they'll benefit your business with a FREE Product Tour at https://netsuite.com/SYSK https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! If the signals are on, the train is on its way. And you...just need to remember one thing...Stop. Trains can’t! Paid for by NHTSA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today on something you should know, the next time you get a song stuck in your head, I'll tell you the best way to get rid of it.

0:44.0

Then how your memory works and doesn't work and why it's so often inaccurate.

0:49.0

So yeah, our memories for what happened are not accurate or reliable. They're quite spittal. You know, when you're so sure of a memory for what happened and you're arguing with your spouse because he thinks something else happened, you're probably both wrong.

1:04.0

Then, did you know that when you print documents, some fonts use a lot more ink than others. And you might be sick of hearing about viruses. But actually, for the most part, they're a good thing.

1:17.0

I would not like to live in a world in which there were no viruses. Not only that, but I'm going to explain a little bit later how if we were living in a world without viruses, you and I wouldn't exist.

1:30.0

All this today on something you should know.

1:34.0

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3:18.0

Practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know with my carothers. Hi, ever get a song stuck in your head? Ever get that song stuck in your head? I've actually had that song.

3:33.0

Get stuck in my head that little musical intro there. Those things are called earworms and it seems that the more you try to get it out of your head, the more it keeps playing over and over again.

3:44.0

Well, here is some well researched advice for getting rid of those songs that keep playing over and over and over. This is from a study from 2016.

3:54.0

The first piece of advice is to chew gum gum chewing reduces the number of involuntary musical thoughts and affects the music hearing experience and it interferes with a person's ability to recall words from their short term memory.

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